Sentences with phrase «such vigorous defense»

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He instituted a vigorous religious reform, always in the ancient Near East a gesture of independence under such circumstances; and he undertook elaborate defense measures, including the strengthening of the outer fortifications of Jerusalem and the construction of the Siloam tunnel.

His final conclusion, that liberalism must incorporate a sense of «value pluralism» to allow for vigorous state defense of children's interests, is presented in such an off - handed manner that it raises far more questions than it resolves» for instance, how to distinguish Tubbs» pro-family state action from the welfare - state leviathan.

The source of our surprise, however, is probably not what the RealClimate authors imagine — we had fully expected a vigorous defense of very high rates of sea level rise (greater than 2 m / century), but not a denial that such rates had ever been hypothesized.