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At the moment, in the league we aren't able to open up the closed defence.

They had no sooner broken through the enemy's defence works than they found a river in front of them.

In the midst of all this the president sacked the defence minister after he insulted some of her closest aides in an interview.

Britain needs to rethink its defence policy from the ground up; the last big review took place in 1998.

The IR radiation characteristic of the military plane that will be attacked by an air-defence missile is discussed comprehensively.

He said sensitive data on government computers had been targeted, along with defence, technology and engineering firms' designs.

The Defence Science & Technology Industry is always one of the most intense fields of international competitiveness.

"The best defence against takeovers is usually a strong share price and well-managed company, " said the group.

What he did not do was suggest that money saved on defence might be used to offset cuts on civilian spending.

Like others in western Europe, it had slashed post-war defence spending to pay for a burgeoning welfare state.

Karadzic also insists on conducting his own defence and declared last week he would not be in court because he needs more time to prepare.

For the advantageous geographic location, it had always been a town of great military importance as a natural defence for Chengdu.

We reserve the right, at our own expense and on notice to you, to assume exclusive defence and control of any claim or action.

Indian Defence Production Secretary R. K. Singh said the costing would be worked out in stages.

He spends most of his time on the internet, researching cases similar to his own and devising a strategy for his defence.

the discovery and defence of the new. the world is often unkind to new talent, new creations, and new needs friends.

Rooney's threat came always from counter-attacks, getting the ball early around the halfway line, turning and attacking Chelsea's defence.

Timothy Roemer, US ambassador to Delhi, said the US was "deeply disappointed" by the decision not to select US defence companies.

In the court, Dick found a part of the garrison, busy with preparations for defence, and gloomily discussing the chances of a siege.

A spokesman said the aircraft, whose existence had recently come to light, would be an important addition to Iraqs defence capability.

He worked his way up in the defence and aerospace sector through a series of management roles, often on the financial side.

Werewolves have been mentioned quite a bit in connection with Harry's Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers.

How much defence ability does a iron chain armour have?

The Ministry of Defence said the vessel was not carrying nuclear weapons, and there was no danger to the public.

Play better DEFENCE! Commit the Rockets to being the best defensive team in the west and maybe they might be able to win a playoff series .

But nothing which could resemble a blow, an attack or even personal defence proceeded from his hands.

I could not resist it. I dropped the phrase, as it were, in self-defence, and that was all she wanted, this fresh humiliation for me.

Pakistan's army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani has met US defence leaders in Washington as the two countries begin a week-long strategic dialogue.

"I hereby assume the political responsibility for the internal communication policy of the defence ministry, " he said.

And it has taken an order from Britain's Ministry of Defence, which wants to try the hand out on the arm of a bomb-disposal robot.

New the Great wall has become a famous resort and has not been a defence weapon.

But Japan's public is not ready to support greater spending on defence that has, since the war, largely been outsourced to the US, he says.

It had also decided to ring-fence the defence department this year while carrying out a strategic review of the armed forces.

Thatch which has been done the British way last from twenty to sixty years, and is an effective defence against the heat .

Of that there is no proof, says Ed Shohat, a defence lawyer. They were merely offering friendly advice to Mr Antonini, he said.

After the encirclement of the German 9th Flak Division at Stalingrad it was the only Axis AA defence unit in the area.

But most seem to think the best defence against a legal assault is to produce a relatively timid redistricting plan in the first place.

It was a different role for him, he was more subdued because of the packed defence but he really left the spaces for others to run into.

International laws of self-defence would allow a nation to respond to remove the threat posed by an imminent or unfolding attack, he said.

One would replace the flimsy "fair comment" defence (which easily gets tied up in questions of fact) with a new one of "honest opinion" .

The matter came up for discussion during the visit of Defence Secretary to Beijing earlier this year.

You know, we'd really like to read the job adverts that Hogwarts publishes for the Defence Against The Dark Arts teaching post.

The South's defence minister scoffed that this would be like asking a burglar to come and inspect the scene of the crime.

In defence of her homeland, China would have the capacity to sustain casualties far beyond that of the US.

The Opposition speaker accused the British Government of leading the country up the garden path on the question of civil defence.

In those 28 years, China was involved in only three brief wars for self-defence without occupying any land of any other country.

Now the talk is of a grander design, with the Obama administration hoping to put development aid on a par with defence and diplomacy.

"Stuff happens, " was the defence secretary's comment, a phrase used later as the title of an anti-war play in London's West End.

Waxguy: how much would you rate your defence?

"With him in defence, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. " Bill Shankly after signing Ron Yeats.

Bonera has turned out to be a special gift to Rossoneri fans, as he proves game after game to be a valuable piece in Ancelotti's defence.

Its defence budget is thought to be expanding by around 12% a year, though its real size is the subject of conjecture.

Juan Manuel Santos resigned as defence minister to launch a presidential bid but said he would not run against Mr Uribe.

Since the example of the 1984-5 miners' strike, union leaders have been much more likely to call for action in defence of jobs.

In his defence, owner John Mulvenna claimed his horse was colour blind and did not know he should have stopped.

But experts say that Sprint nevertheless is trying to establish whether US defence agencies would support the Huawei deal.

President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has replaced her defence minister after he made disparaging remarks about other senior officials.

"The first line of defence is to call on its capital or reserves, " he said.

The defence report would have been obliged to reiterate Japan's inconvenient claim to this inconvenient bit of real estate.

My vision is of a society embracing technology as a weapon of both progress and of defence.

The general complained that the Defence Department had not sent the extra men and equipment that they needed.

Also last season we did not to well during the summer but then we had the second best defence in the league and one of the best attacks.

The defence and salvation of the body by daily bread is still a study, a religion, and a desire.

It is all too easy to dismiss this line of reasoning as a hypocritical defence of the rich.

You also need to be able to read the game well and be comfortable playing football out of defence.

We try to put up a strong defence system. but there is always someone thinking of how to enter our system.

They chose the parts of the coveting that appeared to cause the strongest reaction in the body's defence system against the disease.

A strong army and a strong airforce are indispensible to the defence of a land locked country.

The Met's defence was that the actual target of its invocation of the Official Secrets Act was the indiscreet police officer.

Robert Gates, then defence secretary, summed up the feelings of many when he said the US was "tired of buying the same horse twice" .

JT looked like he'd never been away, battling for the high balls, strolling the ball out of defence, strong in the tackle.

"I think Australians should be worried that this could be Labor softening us up for some cut in defence spending, " he said.

Mr Biden's defence was that he was trying to compliment the immigrant group on its entrepreneurial zeal.

The Indian Foreign Ministry has required the Indian Defence Ministry to look into the matter.

The Frenchman is a fine player, and certainly much better operating in the middle of defence than as a full-back, but superior to Carvalho?

Instead, he said, a more flexible defence would be introduced, allowing for a more effective response to any threat from Iranian missiles.

Manuel Almunia has none of the command that Lehmann exuded, and seems to spread unease in the defence.

We were able to create a lot of scoring opportunities but Lazio did well closing up in defence and we were unable to find the right space.

The man recovered himself, and seemed inclined to come on, and Clare, stepping outside the door, put himself in a posture of defence.

Claude started as he meant to go on, gliding around in front of the defence, disrupting the opposition and distributing the ball with care.

The defence secretary, Philip Hammond, said the MoD had made progress and was now "balancing its books" .

Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary, said the conflict was " winnable " but warned there would be no early end to the fighting.

Well, not until a certain git by the name of Lockhart took over as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, at any rate.

But NATO's agreement to sign up to much of America's plans for missile defence in Europe was a blow for the Russian leader.

Viruses respond by adapting themselves in such a way that they avoid the defence mechanism, to which the bacteria respond in turn.

It was very important for us to have him in defence today to talk and encourage and push people into positions.

Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a transatlantic flight last December has sacked the defence team at his trial in Detroit.

Next comes the question of America's overall defence posture, and that of its allies.

The defence review might have aligned a rather more modest set of strategic aspirations with the right resources.

They argue that none of them is named in the complaint and point out that the bank's robust defence means no heads will roll.

Ironically, this reputation is at the front line in its takeover defence.

That low level response happens around-the-clock and is one of our body's first lines of defence.

The battles fought have been mostly passive, or to put it in military terms, have been battles of "pure defence" .

The micro- hole machining is all along the difficulty in mechanical manufacturing, especially in national defence manufacturing.

He said: "He looks like the kind of player we've needed for a while. He's got the vision and ability to unlock a packed defence. "

It would be a nonsense if the ECB's dogged defence of monetary rigour led, say, to an Italian default and a global depression.

Changing the agreement, said the defence secretary, Robert Gates, was out of the question.

It needs to rein in its defence spending, which is currently equivalent to that of the next 20 countries combined.

Behavioural economists point out cases in which our decisions don't match neoclassical theory, and thus the "as if" defence fails.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said last night: "This sort of language is not acceptable in a modern army. "

The defence minister said the explosion might have been caused by a mine laid by North Korea during the Korean war, from 1950-53.

Mr Lynn said the time was not right for overall cuts in the US defence budget since the country was still at war.

It did not help that this month a leading British defence lawyer was refused entry to Bangladesh.

The Israeli Defence Forces said it was an accident, and that she was killed by falling debris.

Such arguments are important, not least for those ready to put themselves in harm's way in the nation's defence.

As well as hoping for a defence umbrella, supporters of autonomy want the continued link with the Netherlands to help prevent corruption.

As he was destitute of any other means of defence, his safety now depended entirely on bodily strength and resolution.

The Australian Department of Defence said the same. No Australian troops or sources have been hurt by anything we have published.

His intensity on defence and hustles is still one of the best in the league, and no one is about to deny that.

In March, McCartney was honoured with an award for her support of environmental causes by the Natural Resources Defence Council.

Her defence was that she was somewhere completely different at the time of the crime.

At first glance it may look like a fearsome snake but this rearing creature is actually a small caterpillar with a cunning means of defence.

Defence firm Lockheed Martin, which makes weapon systems that are sold around the world, was the latest to be hit.

Ghana, meanwhile, played with two men in front of the defence as well as with three midfielders to help out in both attack and defence.

A little more than a week into their Barclays Premier League title defence and Manchester United already face a must-win game.

His speech of defence was more like an irony or even an insult to China.

And he placed therein Jews for the defence of the country, and of the city, and he raised up the walls of Jerusalem.

The court heard the submission of defence counsel that there was no case to answer.

Why has there not been a spirited defence of shareholder value or railings against the failures of boards?

Boeing space and defence workers are on strike in the U. S. , fighting against the company's latest concessionary offer.

'That was the best Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson we've ever had, wasn't it?

The attempt to form such a league was actually made in 1526, but then not until the moment of actual danger and only for temporary defence.

If defence is cut further, Slovak troops will have to pull out of one of their overseas missions: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Kosovo or Bosnia.

Defence literature is full of fantasies about imminent battles, and China has always attracted this sort of attention.

That sounds a bit like the notoriously flimsy defence of "only obeying orders" which goes down especially badly with Germans.

Back in the Gialloblu half Recoba plays the ball through the Chievo defence but the pass is too long for Martins.

But he was staunch in defence of American interests, and made it plain that partnership would come with a price.

Giving evidence to the jury in his own defence, Sarwar told them of a method he had learned to calculate the strength of hydrogen peroxide.

Yet Mr Toda is hardly alone in coming to the conclusion that nature must be accommodated and that the best defence can be avoidance.

There was no defence against our own preconceptions or those of our allies .

It was a very proud one, particularly when you consider the defence changed so much over those couple of months.

Mr Semel's other defence is to use the growing fear of Google among "old media" firms to engineer alliances designed to contain the enemy.

A Defence spokesman said the cull was finished and had been conducted in the most humane way possible.

It was a defence of Whitehall and the public service that Sir Humphrey, for all his manipulative public persona, would have approved.

They produce light similar to a firefly and use it as a defence mechanism, to communicate and to see.

The accused may tell the examining magistrates what his defence would be or not as he wishes.

A senior defence official said the report "identified issues about record keeping" for sensitive nuclear missile components.

Almost none of Pakistan's articulate and educated liberal voices have dared speak out in his defence.

We lost a lot of experience and it is very difficult to know how much it affected our defence.

First, NATO 3. 0 aims to turn the age of austerity to its advantage and become an important resource for defence procurement.

"No evidence was found of any threat to the defence of the United Kingdom, and no further investigations were carried out, " the memo said.

Western defence experts said the launch could mark a new step in Iran acquiring reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering capability.

I had to leave home in self-defence. I simply wasn't being allowed to grow up.

To their credit Spurs continued to play attacking football and Defoe and Robbie Keane in particular were a handful for the United defence.

Door , a space for demarcation and another beginning in architecture. Means staking out a space , a defence and a entrance .

There is no reason why defence should be singled out for such a review.

It's up to the defence ministry to decide whether or not the information is important. That is not for Mitsubishi Heavy to decide.

I enjoyed playing in the centre of defence at such a difficult ground after playing at full-back in Brussels.

We had a few difficult moments in defence to begin with, but with regular games we have become more confident and made less mistakes.

Our Defence Department would be in sorry shape if I was gluing together planes for the Air Force in my basement.

A second defence contractor, IHI, which supplies engine parts for military aircraft, said it had also been targeted.

Yet a year and a half into the financial crisis, this defence looks hollow.

China is seeking to inject some of the private sector enterprise that increasingly drives its exports into a fresh sector: defence.

The South's defence minister's remarks come at a time of renewed tensions between the two Koreas.

Osama's Galatea was sculpted, conveniently, out of a love with the ideal of "defence" of the "Umma" , the global Islamic community.

They had Arteta on but they played direct. That made it easier for us. It was easier to control and we continued to do our job in defence.

The Hitlerjugend Division was still the rock of the German defence, positioned in a semi -circle in its western suburbs.

She also explicitly rejected the defence lawyers' view that Milan's prosecutors did not have the right to investigate the case.

Conrad Murray again elected not to speak in his own defence. His lawyer focused on his life before becoming Michael Jackson's doctor.

To suggest that England had not seen robust defence overlooks the work of the Romans.

This means common strategies will only suffice as a defence against the enemy.

Monaco has no military of its own and relies on French for its defence .

A defence source insisted there had been "no request for ground forces" and that the coalition had "no intention" of providing them.

These ashigaru are armed with long spears for use in close combat or to make an almost-impenetrable defence against cavalry.

Public intervention would provide a third line of defence by tackling the housing and credit problem directly, he said.

The China Daily newspaper also published a sterling defence of the young theatre student, written by one of its top columnists.

"The defence lawyers, under Libyan law, have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court for a second and last time, " he told SciDev. Net.

It was not long before our soldiers broke through the enemy's defence works.

Another third of its revenues come from the defence sector, however, and Pentagon spending is set to flatten over the next few years.

In defence of computers (or, at least, those who program them), quantitative approaches to investing come in at least three different types.

The officials' defence was that taking commissions was not illegal under Swiss law at the time.

And I'm never afraid to put my body in the way for my team, up front or in defence. People forget that I defend well, too!

Pick your strongest line-up and prove to me that the defence is in top form.

An important reason for this appeared to be the growing sophistication of China's defence industry.

Engine-maker Rolls-Royce sees higher sales this year but said the global aviation and defence markets remained depressed.

LAST summer Britain's defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, told his new military chiefs that he wanted them to go on to a war footing.

For that, at least, his defence team should be grateful.

But the rest of his clothing has an equally serious purpose: offering the best possible defence against the risks of fire.

The new manager has told his top scouts he wants the Bolton centre half, 25, to partner John Terry at the heart of his defence.

Calls for public interest to be permitted as a defence to a charge of illegal disclosure of protected information were also rejected.

For decades, Defence officials dutifully investigated an unknown number of UFO sightings being reported all over the country.

Officials at the Defence Department thought it would be a good primer on Afghanistan for serving soldiers, veterans and politicians.

In his first big foreign-policy speech, he argued that "progress on European defence is in no way part of a competition with NATO. "

But after just six hours of deliberation the jurors sided with defence arguments that the missives had been taken out of context.

The defence claimed the trial was political: without it, Mr Khodorkovsky would have been released in two years' time.

These two disliked each other so much that it was difficult for them to come to any agreement, even in defence of their own interests.

The team seems to be strong in all departments: defence, midfield and attack.

Song's strength and his ability to break up play and protect his defence have been valuable commodities in such an attack-minded side.

Prosecutors have an identity card that seems to prove he was at Sobibor (perhaps a forgery, says the defence).

Indian Defence Ministry sources said the offer by Eurojet and EADS were received simultaneously last month.

Nato defence ministers have resisted calls for an air exclusion zone over Libya.

But for scientists who are just trying to do their job a robust public-interest defence matters even more.

They still hope to draw the British into a common European defence policy, even underaConservative government.

He always played, with one small exception, the full 90 minutes and quickly showed to be a very important part of the Swiss defence.

"Everyone says the Germans don't have the best defence, but I disagree and they've also shown they have good forwards, " he said.

Britain needs to play to its comparative advantages in defence and foreign policy, and its interests in energy, to help move the EU forward.

As well as spreading the Word, the proliferation of churches provides a measure of defence against intimidation .

Kaka was back in Milan's home strip last night and he was itching for a run at the Arsenal defence.

Croatia patently lacked self-belief and had no pace with which to threaten the speedy English defence.

Either of these simply must be 'of interest to the Ministry of Defence', which has been repeatedly denied, in precisely those terms.

The defence ministry said it would carry out drastic reforms, turning the army into a more modern force.

The money has come out of the Treasury's contingency reserve and not the defence budget.

Sir Alex adds that there are moments when he attacks your defence "and you think, 'Oh no, not again. "

It should be used for defence, possibly with a pole of meters long. A weapon for city defence or large-scale sea defence.

Then, in September, he held out his hand to Russia by announcing a reconfiguration of America's anti-missile defence system.

Defence attorney Ed Chernoff said it was drugs taken by Jackson himself which had proved fatal.

the navy's obsession with new aircraft carriers promises to leave nothing for the defence of cyberspace.

Quirrell, Professor: Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts in Harry's first year.

The firm said it did not provide trust services nor hold assets behalf of clients and it would "file our defence in court accordingly " .

Last night he was holding his own town hall meeting at Bozeman, Montana, offering a passionate defence of his crammed agenda.

Cynical readers might observe that this kind of message will be welcome to American defence manufacturers.

In its defence, Russia argued that "the integrity, professionalism and independence" of Russian courts has not been challenged.

Catania's closed defence put is in difficulties today, we are a team that finds difficulties in closed spaces and today we paid for that.

It had, but the defence lawyers had failed to introduce the DNA test results as evidence.

In an age of globalised insecurity, our territorial defence must begin beyond our borders . . .

In 2007 the Americans persuaded Anbar's Sunni tribes to set up a self-defence movement known as the Awakening and turn against al-Qaeda.

As the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee's defence subcommittee, he directed hundreds of millions of dollars to his district.

But since de Gaulle pulled France out of the alliance's integrated military command in 1966, it has had no say in NATO defence planning.

Two pirates also died, and three others were taken prisoner, said the French defence minister, Herve Morin.

But defence analysts are also sceptical about whether, if the missile was to approach Hawaii, the US is capable of intercepting it.

The most reliable defence against war seems to be economic growth.

An unenviable task, then, for the American diplomats who face the task of arguing back in defence of old-fashioned libertarianism.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said it had "targeted" seven militants in a gun battle.

Despite signing Tal Ben Haim, Chelsea need more back-up in defence after offloading Khalid Boulahrouz to Seville.

France, which had its own defence review a couple of years ago, faces similar constraints.

The Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said the eight suspects included Russian, Estonian and Latvian citizens.

The judge listened to the defence argument but said he was not a whit convinced.

The same can be said of the establishment by 30 European defence industry associations of a set of anti-bribery standards.

The internet is turning the defence industry on its head, just as it transformed media, retail and other sectors before it.

Mourinho hopes to have centre-half Ricardo Carvalho back to bolster his defence after he missed the defeat at Liverpool with a fever.

In China's defence, it was probably inevitable that as production grew so would the problems associated with it, at least in the short term.

Defensive Awareness: Help defence ability when picking up the ball handler.

I agree with most of the answers below. Let me summarize and add my own commentary (or defence, if you will).

Faced with both the U. S. and EU arms embargoes, China has developed a strong indigenous defence industry.

His first game in central defence was in what seemed to be an emergency situation after three draws against Cagliari, Torino and Fiorentina.

In defence, one officer said he'd been paralysed by fear over reports of widespread crime following the hurricane.

Oftentimes I have hated in self-defence; but if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.

"I preferred not to start with a four-man defence because we would have given them an extra man in midfield, " said Alberto Zaccheroni.

As in Italy and in Russia, the Germans seem to "key" the defence system to the particular defence of certain towns.

He said 110 cruise missiles had been fired against Libya's air defence and missile systems.

This was the Defence Secretary's theme, that the allegations made by many from a comfortable distance are just plain false.

The Umbrians closed down in defence for the entire game but we created goal scoring chances at will.

Beijing's decision to ask Japan's Air Self Defence Forces to fly relief equipment into Sichuan is rife with symbolism.

A decade ago, Mr Rasmussen said, the US accounted for about half of the defence spending of all Nato countries.

It is used to cure illness as well as for self-defence and is a comprehensive form of culture of the human body.

Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra told the Czech CTK news agency the system would be passive without any capacity for missile launch.

The Taiwan Relations Act mandates the White House to ensure that the island has the means of self-defence.

This is not so much an attack against what might be termed fantasy or myth but rather a defence of the dogma.

Plants are able to put more resources into growth by shutting down some defence genes.

ATTACK can be the best form of defence, in politics if not the law.