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Other critics contend "turning even a small corner of this century's central horror into feel-good popular entertainment is abhorrent" (Richard Schickel, Time ). (Read Abraham Foxman's New York Times op-ed piece, "The Holocaust Meets Popular Culture," which defends the film.
Also, a Standard article defends Marine hazing rituals as "macho bullshit" integral to military culture.
Rudolph Giuliani defends his handling of the Amadou Diallo shooting to Newsweek . "[The New York Police Department] is not the KKK," he offers.
A reverent profile of John le Carré defends him from the lowly designation of "spy novelist" and bemoans his under-recognition in literary circles.
The Air Force defends the cost by saying that one B-2, with its heavy payload, can do the work of several conventional bombers--risking fewer pilots in a safer plane.