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They got their goal, they defended well and courageously at times, and maybe occasionally they got a bit of luck.

In the speech, Mr. Obama defended his roll-out of the new policy at a time of hard economic times in the United States.

Adobe did not comment for this article, but it has aggressively defended its Flash development efforts for tablets in the past.

But these values, which Americans have defended since the Revolution, are about to be challenged in unexpected ways.

Executive Chairman Ray Lane strongly defended the choice of Ms. Whitman, calling her a strong communicator and leader.

But now a senior general who asked not to be identified said the virginity tests were conducted and defended the practice.

He knew a lot of lawyers who defended people they knew were guilty. Politicians were all corrupt, he thought.

Mr. Tenet defended the work of his intelligence analysts, and said the search would continue for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

"Leader" Muammar Gadaffi is hunkered down in Tripoli, defended by army units from his tribe and mercenaries from black Africa.

Their silent endorsement was a marked change from the zeal with which many councillors defended the payments during the last council term.

Houston did not think the Alamo could be defended against a strong Mexican attack.

His brutality and fraudulence have become so plain for all to see that neighbours who once defended him are changing their tune.

He also defended short-selling, arguing that it was a valuable component of financial markets and did not drive companies out of business.

Mr. Fan defended his actions on his blog, describing himself as someone 'with a very strong sense of self-protection.

Republicans have the right to filibuster under centuries-old rules that this page has long defended.

Marshall said he didn't know of any, but he, like many other student affairs officials, defended Pima's actions.

Mr. Zhao defended the size of his corporate park as necessary for his business and said it was not a real estate investment.

Jaap Stam was one of the best in the win over Samp and the defender said: 'It was tough, Sampdoria defended well and hit on the break.

HSBC defended its pay plans, pointing out that it had not taken taxpayers' money during the crisis and had been profitable.

The newspaper editor last month defended his decision to name homosexuals, saying they were trying to recruit children.

In his speech, Mr. Lee defended the military and said North Korea would pay 'a dear price without fail' if it attacks again.

Then he passed to the frontier of Italy, and was one of the thirty grenadiers who defended the Col de Tende with Joubert.

Even after they saw a photo of Rihanna's bloodied, bruised face, which had raced across the Internet, they still defended Mr. Brown.

United States Navy gunboats captured the first, Fort Henry, on the Tennessee River. That fort was easy to attack and not well-defended.

The Bank defended Mr. Dollar's work on trade and said that Mr. Dollar's work 'stimulated a useful and ongoing debate. '

Nonetheless, Pitsuwan defended the formation of the body as a step forward and said there were other ways of pressing Burma to reform.

At a press conference, Mr Takayama defended the company's payments in the Gyrus deal as well as the other three acquisitions.

Each of these players has fiercely defended its turf in the discussions leading up to Wednesday's proposal.

But even as Mr Rove defended his achievements, Washington's attention was turning to the question of who will replace him.

And when he saw one of them being wronged, he defended him, and he avenged him who was being oppressed by striking the Egyptian dead.

The director of programming at Vision TV defended the program, saying Schambach had not suggested anyone try to harm homosexuals.

It all arose from his laughing at the girls' high schools, declaring they were useless, while she defended them.

He had defended himself in court for years and had even asked for a presidential pardon.

Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman, has defended his actions and said he was fully aware of the global importance of the dollar.

It kept lingering in me and the result was that one of the major chapters came out in which I defended my philosophy.

Novartis defended the decision, saying that it had planned to register the drug long before winning the award.

Once again , as he has often done during his final days in office, the president defended his record and was nostalgic .

Analysts said the rise in tension made a military clash on the strongly-defended border more likely.

He admired her, and was amazed at the vigour with which she took on the unions and defended the free market through the 1980s.

Wrest all weakly defended cities from the enemy. Wait until conditions mature and then capture powerfully defended cities.

Borges strenuously defended Burton, whose Nights he read as a child, but few will agree with him.

It is crucial to be able to produce estimates that can be defended in a face of arguments.

The lack of such a correspondence in the old scheme was defended by the fundamental fact of scarcity.

She defended it hotly, denying her true name and rationalizing with conviction the possession of identity cards made out to her real self.

She strongly defended the accomplishments of the outgoing Democrat-controlled Congress, saying she has no regrets.

This can be explained, in part, by the fact that Mr Obama has so far defended the 47-year-old trade embargo against Cuba.

But this has been discussed, debated, denounced and defended so extensively in recent weeks that some investors have begun to tire of it.

Because he felt deeply about his religion and consistently defended the ordinary American, people called him "the Great Commoner. "

And yet as late as 1851, a committee appointed by the State Legislature of New York solemnly defended the thoroughgoing use of bloodletting.

A company has defended its decision to sack one of its staff by text message, claiming it was keeping in touch with youth culture.

However he says the bonuses could be defended as a legal obligation of the company.

Mr. Ahmedinejad repeatedly defended his re-election, belittling charges of fraud by his opponents and their supporters.

But it was a good learning process for all of our younger players and we were solid at the back and defended well.

So it comes as no surprise that the company has defended its spot at the top of our annual Asia 200 survey.

The fact is, China has 14 nations on her border, as well as a long coastline, both of which need to be defended.

Unfortunately, the lawyers who might have defended those being locked up are also being locked up.

October came quickly and I wrote How's the ol' Team Doing and defended the Age of Frameworks.

I would have fired him then but my co-chairman defended him for months, even when results were poor.

The MoD yesterday defended its decision not to acknowledge that the sensitive personal information had been stolen.

But Fortescue believes the case is "a technical discussion between lawyers, " and is one it has defended vigorously.

You see every extreme position defended to the last vote, almost to the last breath by one unyielding group or another.

In the first set, she exploited Vaidisova's only double-faults to break her serve twice, and defended four break points of her own.

Commander Abbas says they failed to offer their sons and, consequently, their areas of the district will not be defended.

In a state where as many as one in every eight jobs is related to the auto industry, the president defended his trade policy toward China.

We defended well in the second half and we have come out with a superb result.

They pushed us hard right until the end and put us under a lot of pressure but we defended well and I thought we were pretty solid overall.

Sarkozy defended himself by arguing that Qaddafi needed to be rewarded for his recent gestures toward the West.

In Germany, criminal defamation laws have been defended as necessary to protect the individual's right to dignity under the Basic Law.

when the far-flung frontiers of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation had to be defended.

The Cock defended himself by saying that he did this for the benefit of men, that they might rise in time for their labors.

The monopoly was defended by an imperial decree, condemning to death anyone attempting to export silkworms or their eggs.

In a press briefing Wednesday morning in Washington, Bly defended the independence of his investigation.

Speaking at the company's first-half results briefing, Mr Chen criticised Mr Huang and defended his management team's record.

He vigorously defended the newly implemented universal health care and regional development programs as means of making society more just.

He defended his theological position in many pamphlets, yet began to compromise to satisfy his critics.

He defended the actions of one of his pupils who beat a television reporter for arriving uninvited at Mr Guo's home.

Last week the DECC defended the campaign, and the science behind it, arguing that the goal is to "protect the next generation" .

Roy: I gave you every chance to do this peacefully. I even defended you to my friends here, for which you gave me nothing but grief.

The head of CIA has defended awarding a large contract to the controversial security company formerly known as Blackwater.

But he defended his estimates of the cost of taking action on emissions, which he put in the report at about 1 per cent of global GDP.

On the pitch we always suffer, maybe we defended a bit too low, but even Abbiati was good to save us in various situations.

Mr. Murdoch's wife, seated behind, leaped to her feet and defended her husband with an open-palmed slap at the attacker.

School officials defended the decision, saying that the whole issue had become a "distraction to the learning process" .

The IOC and corporations defended awarding the Olympics to China because, they said, the Games would serve to open China to the world.

But Wenger has defended his old centre back, insisting that Campbell has the strength of character to move into a coaching role.

There is no debate about the safety of natural food colorings, and manufacturers have long defended the safety of artificial ones as well.

Chances are, that delicious moose carcass lies inside one of these territories, and it is defended by the adult pair.

No doubt, aid will be defended as a boost to global influence.

He defended his decision to pray there, saying it gave him a venue to make an important point.

They defended the city against the enemy.

He also gained support when he defended the United States to Khrushchev during a trip to the Soviet Union.

Transocean and Halliburton have both defended their work and said BP, as the well's owner, made most of the decisions.

this does not mean the abandonment of vital strategic points , which can be defended in positional warfare as long as profitable.

The waters are heading for Bangkok, and an emergency call has gone out for people to donate sandbags to protect the ill-defended capital.

Mr. Gou on Wednesday expressed regret over the worker deaths, but defended Hon Hai's practices and its response to the suicides.

Ahmadinejad's global importance now hinges on Iran's nuclear programme, which he has defended as an "inalienable right" .

In recent days, in the face of criticism from members of congress, General Myers has vigorously defended the U.

A third Black Paper came out at this time, which defended school examinations against the progressive urge to abolish them.

The guy who Mao drove out to make modern China retreated to Taiwan and the rest of the world defended him there.

But the group defended itself from claims that the attack had been provoked by a dispute about overtime.

In a statement, his office defended the action of security forces in the wake of the documents' release by the website WikiLeaks.

None of the regulators defended Basel III, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported.

Initially, only a few hunting rifles and sandbags defended the parliament.

The White House defended the unusual move as a way to avoid conflicts of interest.

Kuo had previously defended Baidu Wenku, saying the firm had already deleted "tens of thousands of infringing items" uploaded by web users.

She defended herself in court and claimed that she was innocent.

It may be convenient to be defended by the world's superpower, but self-respect matters too.

Bush defended the program saying opponents do not understand the nature of the world in which we live.

Some were believers in the old rites of the Russian church; others defended aristocratic privilege against the revolutionary mob.

It does not mean the abandonment of all the vital strategic points, which should be defended by positional warfare as long as profitable.

It has also defended the proposed missile defense system in Eastern Europe as a potential shield against Iran.

Six years ago a German defence minister, Peter Struck, said his own country's security was being defended in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush.

White House officials, though, defended the decision to hold the dinner.

The White House has yet to give a definitive view on "Buy American" , but Joe Biden, vice-president, has defended the principle.

Arsenal passed the ball well - as they always do - but we defended as a team.

China defended its restrictions on entertainment products by arguing that they were needed to protect public morals and Chinese culture.

But the Socialist Party of Catalonia's leader, Jose Montilla, defended the ad, saying "If it encourages people to vote, it's a good thing. "

On what appears to be his website, Magnotta defended himself as a victim of cyberstalking.

On the contrary, he endorsed the experiment and bravely defended it in the face of withering attacks from conservatives.

He also defended IBM's policy of not providing mid-quarter earnings updates, saying he focused on the long term.

The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce.

Obama agreed a nuclear Iran would be a "gamechanger" and urged tougher sanctions, but he also defended his call for diplomacy.

Worse still, this 588th Night Bomber Regiment was to make night bombing raids on the stoutly defended enemy line north of the Crimea.

Later, Mrs Clinton defended the right to abortion and the Obama administration's decision to finance family planning overseas.

For a century and a half you have defended, guarded, and protected its hallowed traditions of liberty and freedom, of right and justice.

Levin has consistently defended the company's rap music on the grounds of expression.

Others defended him, with one saying he shows that not all Chinese are 'paper nerds. '

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, said his country's sovereignty had to be defended.

We could have controlled it a lot more and defended better.

The president also defended his efforts to reform other areas, including health care, education and infrastructure.

Just the day before, the Brooklyn Public Library publicly defended patrons' right to watch any legal adult content of their choosing.

When the US defended Kuwait during the first Gulf war, other nations chipped in for a significant portion of the cost.

Greenspan has defended his actions, saying it is not the role of central bankers to target appropriate asset-price levels.

The sixth Amendment also guarantees the right of accused persons to be defended by a lawyer.

Insurgents targeted heavily defended government offices and ministries, almost completely destroying the foreign ministry.

Through a spokesman, Pang previously has denied the Ponzi scheme claim and defended his credentials as accurate.

In an interview with the Financial Times earlier this week, Ms Chan defended the organisation's public statements.

He defended the right to free expression in front of Parliament: 350 years of peaceful protest.

Liverpool passed the ball better, they had better movement and defended better. They got the goal at the right time and deserved it.

Canning Fok, managing director of Hutchison Whampoa, has strongly defended the 3G initiative, insisting that it would eventually make money.

On Tuesday, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said the suicides were 'very troubling to us' but also defended Hon Hai.

Defended the composer. "But it is beyond my comprehension why I should remove this piece of art from the public's ear! "

When asked about that passage in a recent interview, she defended her logic: Being from New York, she claimed, she can recognize Jews.

Mr Blankfein has defended Goldman against the Securities and Exchange Commission charges, saying the agency's stance could "hurt America" .

Meanwhile German officials defended their decision to issue warnings on vegetables to the public even before full test results were known.

But from the very first one, my wife has always respectfully defended me, and this made me want to be with her forever.

The free air you breathe today is a gift from God but defended courtesy of the U. S. military.

Thomas: You publicly defended this policy countless times. You run hospitals, not health spas. Two beds to a room, no exceptions.

Singer James Blunt's mother has defended her son against "harsh criticism" from British critics over his public school background.

A free kick on the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded when a defensive player has committed a foul in the penalty area.

For Europe, prudence no longer consists in the art, defended by the ancients, of finding one's way within an uncertain story.

The accuracy of the system has been questioned, but Beijing officials have steadfastly defended it.

On Friday, administration officials defended the stimulus as necessary to pull the economy back from brink.

McCain's vice presidential running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, defended the Republican attacks on Obama at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Lofty seats of power for the tribal chiefs, they were defended by rings of earthworks, timber palisades and ramparts .

Leipzig defended the approach , saying the goal was to create a new genre of "wildlife adventure" movies .

Strategically important from antiquity, the Dardanelles was defended by Troy from its position on the Asian side.

He argues convincingly that intellectual property exists "only insofar as it is recognised, defended and acted upon" .

Of course, Calvin defended an Augustinian doctrine of God's sovereignty and predestination when exegetical and polemical occasion required.

It also served in various other operations in Poland, Hungary, Minsk and a small number also defended Berlin in April and May 1945.

Brainard defended the administration's efforts, saying U. S. exports to China are growing at a faster pace than the rest of the world.

The fort can't be defended against an air attack.

Not too long ago, a medical student in Maryland defended himself against an armed home intruder with a katana.

As he had guessed, the laboratories were defended by robot systems.

Debate is the antithesis, because in debate the lines are drawn, the premises largely unexplored, the points of view attacked and defended.

Edison defended the invention patent of his electric lamp, win answered honor.

But the agency's Democratic commissioners defended the rule as an initial step toward safer customers and better markets.

The head of the Mekong River Commission has defended the organisation's role in the region, IPS reported on Sunday.

On the economy, the president defended his record on the economy and promised to continue working to speed the recovery.

The Chinese government and public regard territorial integrity as a core national interest, one that must be defended with every means.

Metternich's concert defended imperial regimes from liberals; the new music's motif would be rule by the people, for the people.

A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur , often strenuously defended with apparent logic and reason .

This work started in 1975 when intellectuals defended workers imprisoned for a strike and created the Workers' Defense Committee, KOR.

The United States has defended its policy of detaining juveniles in prisons in Iraq, and Afghanistan.

You may be thinking of trademarks, which apply to names, and can be weakened or lost if not defended.

Opposite party defended in behind regarding us is not a question, we had the enough ability score.

Bush defended his war policy, saying it has reduced sectarian violence and civilian and military deaths.

So the extension has to be defended if at all as a welfare measure.

We defended well and everyone was helping out, covering for their team-mates, and that was the key thing about our performance.

At the hearing, regulators defended allowing Lehman Brothers to collapse and justified supporting the purchase of Wachovia.

He defended himself, saying the cops just happened to be in the neighborhood.

I would not have written, but justice requires my character to be defended.

Ifan individual defended the group but was killed, any genes that the individual shared with the overall group would still be passed on.

The Scottish authorities have again defended their decision to release Mr. Megrahi on compassionate grounds despite fierce criticism.

Like other Southern states, South Carolina believed in and defended slavery.

The Taiwanese-owned company, which is an arm of the Hon Hai Group, has defended the treatment of its workers.

Motorola defended Jha's remuneration, stressing that it largely consists of stock awards that are yet to vest.

A man who claims to have had sex with 1, 000 cars has defended his "romantic" feelings towards vehicles.

Stern defended the right of teams that have been eliminated from playoff contention to give playing time to their prospects.

Presenter Jens Pflueger defended the competition, saying it was aimed at breaking society's "taboo" about death.

U. S. officials defended the move in light of the on-going turbulence in the Middle East.

What I am talking about is not something new; I am talking about those aspects of established journalism that need to be defended.

In the last decade, our nation has certainly paid a price in the lives of the brave men and women who have defended us.

The brand is fiercely defended by its owners whom truly believe that Nike is not a fashion brand.

For a half century, America defended our own freedom by standing watch on distant borders.

McCain strongly defended Palin in a meeting with the Des Moines Register newspaper earlier this week.

My doctoral dissertation was under contract to be published even before I defended it.

But in the end, he still defended the long-term opportunities in establishing a Yale presence in Asia.

"She defended Snape. She. . . she acted like a Gryffindor, " Harry replied.

I passionately defended the decision; all the arguments we had so endlessly rehearsed for days were still valid.

Bryant also defended himself against accusations that he forced Shaq out of LA.

Britain is the strongest of the ten non-euro countries. Prime Minister David Cameron defended his decision to reject the deal.

We couldn't get behind Fulham at all, they defended very well, they were organised. . . it was a difficult day for us really.

In a nostalgic final news conference, President Bush defended his record and admitted some mistakes.

The government also defended its decision to detain the four Rio employees, one of whom is an Australian national.

In a cogent hour-long address, televised live and delivered with few notes, Mr Musharraf defended his nine-year rule.

After the tribunal's ruling, Mr Joyce defended the company's action.

She also defended companies' rights to declare some payments trade secrets to keep competitors from learning about drugs under development.

The atmospheres of smaller bodies are more like crude forts, poorly defended and extremely vulnerable.

Last month, at the American Academy in Berlin, Helmut Kohl, the 81-year-old former German chancellor, passionately defended the euro zone.

On Sunday, Pakistani Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas defended Islamabad's decision to negotiate with the militants.

On these grounds, he defended his ambitious plans against those who fear overloading and gridlocking the system.

We, the players, ought to have defended him, but nobody asked our opinion.

Tarullo defended the swap lines, saying they are aimed at providing short-term liquidity to stop dollar markets from freezing.

In an interview last week, Mr. Stringer defended Sony's response to the attacks, which some critics said was too slow.

We weren't as effective as in previous matches because Real Sociedad defended fiercely with five defenders, but we did a good job.

He defended until death, or non-publication, the sanctity of his words.

Even Evelyn Davis, the corporate gadfly who calls herself "Queen of the Corporate Jungle, " defended Mr. Lewis.

If he had defended Juventus like he defended Ferrari, there wouldn't have been any Serie B.

The Milan striker defended the referee for the choice to go-ahead with the Ascoli-Milan match.

He strongly defended references in his emails to using a "trick" to "hide the decline" in temperatures.

While conservatives defended the status at first and then to refute the other party to attempt to gun control and speech.

When he attacked me, I defended myself with a stick.

In an interview with state television, he defended his response to the protests.

He defended the decision, but added that the board might adjust the rules when it comes to younger children like Zachary.

And so large a change should be undertaken only for a system that can be defended on its own merits.

Many schools and alumni associations have defended the agreements, saying the cards are geared to alumni rather than students.

The attorney general defended Ireland's abortion ban as reflecting "profound moral values deeply embedded in Irish society. "

And then there were those who defended the idea of loyalty and of patriotism.

Michel Olsen, a former official in the Bush Interior Department, defended the previous administration's offshore approach.

OCBC defended the price it paid for the regional ING unit, an acquisition it said would add to earnings per share next year.

many Lebanese have feared that the bloodshed would eventually spill across their meekly defended border.

The flood control and waterlogged elimination includes two aspects: the objects are all defended in the basin and reclaimed area.

President Bush also defended his decision to attend the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

The courts that once defended your privacy and liberties now ratify any intrusion that can be shown to be in the government's interest.

In fact, when we raised the subject with him, he defended you.

The eight democratic parties of China have also set up commissions for women, whose efforts have effectively defended the cause of women.

We defended, we shared the ball and we played with great intensity and energy all game long.

NO. 10 I give John some former credit for he at least defended himself.

The Final Project, will be presented and defended at the last regular class session.

He did so for personal political reasons, too. Clay had defended the constitutional right of petition.

But I thought we defended well, got through the game and it was vital we got the three points.

Buffett defended rating agencies, saying "In that case they made a mistake that virtually everybody in the country made. "

the HIP should include massive defense stations - those structures should probably be the most well defended things in the whole galaxy.

has defended Mr Wright and said how welcome he and his family feel in his congregation.

The official is defended by his or her own attorneys.

Two huge towers flanked the castle's main gate, and smaller ones defended every angle of its walls.

Others defended the choice: "'Defriend' makes me think of 'defoliate' and, well, I dunno, it sounds weird, " one wrote.

He moved his office to a high-rise with a well-defended ground floor.

When Charlton attacked, Beckenbauer defended, and when Beckenbauer strode forward, Charlton stuck to him.