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KG is one of the most versatile big man of all time, as he is an excellent scorer, rebounder, passer, and defensive player.

No more wimpy returns on second serve, Andy Roddick promised. No more going into a defensive shell when the balls are not in his hands.

My plan is to put him on the defensive before he considers how good I've been.

At the beginning of preseason, the back line was letting teams get behind them and defensive speed looked to be an issue.

Cole had blossomed into a fine all-round left back, improving his defensive work while attacking with as much vigour as ever.

Despite many chances, none of the challengers has landed serious blows on Mr Yudhoyono, or even forced him on to the defensive for long.

The Fringser was to be sorely missed in the Italy match - especially because he took the defensive work so seriously.

Years later, many consumers started seeing evidence of a more reactive and defensive approach from the company.

He said Khartoum was trying to seize oil fields and that the southern army was strengthening its defensive positions.

At Saturday's summit, 16 of the 18 nations spoke out on the question of territorial rights, putting China on the defensive.

Seoul has no plans to introduce defensive tools to help business protect itself, South Korea's finance minister says.

One version held that this was a defensive move designed to prevent Microsoft from siphoning away Google's audience.

Pursuing peaceful development and a national defense policy which is defensive in nature, China poses no threat to any other countries.

But if the Lakers need an offensive outburst from him or need him to become a defensive stopper, Bryant says he is up to the task.

I'm not the greatest defensive player in the world, but I watched some tapes and tried to take away what he really likes to do.

The United States has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but provides the island with weapons for defensive purposes.

The U. S. said the naval drills are 'defensive' in nature and had been planned before last Tuesday's artillery barrage by the North.

But Germans are no longer so ready to be put on the moral defensive or to view the Nazi era as the defining episode of their past.

This tactic is useful for forcing an enemy out of a defensive position or into a dangerous one, such as in a pool of lava or over a cliff.

"I need more attention" may come out as, "You never spend time with me, " which would naturally cause you to feel defensive.

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 .

That last stat is something of a surprise because steals are a defensive category, and Melo has never been much of a defensive player.

they have always been a very good defensive team. . . thats what Van Gundy brings to a team.

Meanwhile, Gerrard is confident Suarez's compatriot Sebastian Coates will prove to be a fine addition to Liverpool's defensive ranks.

"We have a lot of talent on this team, " Bynum said. "The big focus this year is going to be on the defensive end. "

It helps to be big. Yao and Dwight Howard are the only players in the top six in both defensive rebounds and blocked shots per game.

The less said the better about the team's cheap-shot fouls, blown defensive assignments and inexplicable lack of energy.

'[After starting fully invested] you're constantly moving to a more-defensive position until you just get out, ' he said.

Kobe is an eight-time All-Defensive first team player and Ron-Ron is known as one of the best man-on-man defenders still in the game.

In the U. S. , health advocates who say Coca-Cola contributes to an epidemic of obesity have put the company on the defensive.

I noticed on defense, to break out of a defensive stance you can click the turbo button and you break out of it quicker than the past.

This led to the introduction of a centre-back to stop the opposing centre-forward, and tried to balance defensive and offensive playing.

s easy to lose track of your defensive assignments at this point, and a smart QB will take advantage of that.

He is a defensive demon who seems to get up for locking down a foe as much as for putting a jumper in his face.

But I agree with you completely that Song was exceptional for a defensive midfielder with the first goal.

He was known as the Buckler of Rome, and was a very intelligent and defensive Consul.

It seemed more of a defensive measure by Sony or a halfway house to integrating such a unit into a set.

Defensive programming is all about having assertions at the right place in your code.

We have such a thin grasp of our own identity that if it becomes threatened we react in an extremely defensive fashion.

As both defensive and offensive measures, the light forces use only the power of light and technologies that have no harmful aftereffects.

We call this shift the continuation of our defensive and the enemy's pursuit the continuation of his offensive.

So Van Gundy is putting a huge defensive burden on Yao because he willingly does whatever is asked of him.

And they have been behaving as though a cyclical turn is in the offing for a while, with cyclical companies beating more defensive stocks.

The changes also impact how you might approach the defensive side of the game, as you're more likely to be punished by a mistimed challenge.

Matter unresolved, following morning duty manager denied promising to resolve the matter and was again very rude and defensive.

As for the doctors, defensive medicine is no doubt at the heart of some of the growing numbers.

Defensive players must be outside the center circle, at least 10 yards away from the ball, for the kickoff.

But McCain was on the defensive after one of his supporters made some controversial remarks at a campaign rally Cincinnati, Ohio.

It is not substantiation. Bielsa gave him the playmaker role and released from defensive duties as he played for the national side.

Proponents of the defensive interpretation warned that Microsoft has a track record of trying to use its IE browser to hurt rivals.

And if that view becomes more respectable, so too does a defensive Muslim reaction, which is often tinged with geopolitical grievance.

In this case, defensive programming seems to have done the trick.

De Rossi can be a good option for defensive midfield and brings with him great offensive skills as well.

Billy wasn't arrogant, but he had a bit of defensive cockiness about him.

As you might expect, the approach Evans takes onto the pitch is dictated by his central defensive partner.

Kobe had no such problem, as he was an excellent defensive player from the time he entered the league.

If I had to create what I would classify as a pure three, it's Trevor Ariza, with his size, speed, quickness and defensive ability.

The bizarre, cultural questions on Wednesday night, which kept him on the defensive more often than her, may have helped to this end.

And sometimes, without a little refresher course, the defensive edge that carried the Lakers to a 7-0 start tends to dull.

In the case of the F-35, then, this sort of electromagnetic artillery is mainly defensive.

Van Gundy said it's that relentless nature on the defensive end that makes Battier such a strong defensive player.

But those trenches easily collapsed, and after an hour of heated battle you would not tell that there was a defensive position there.

It may be too early to tell whether the Nuggets can really contend in the West, but Billups finally brings a defensive identity to the team.

Brown rarely got to shadow Williams head-to-head in college because Mihigan State's defensive philosophy was to switch every screen.

To appeals such forces while avoiding rifts inside the coalition, Mr Cameron's government has ended up in a defensive crouch.

If you want a guard dog to be in a fenced enclosure, you wait until the dog is mature and only do defensive training with the dog.

Kobe Bryant is one of the most dominate, clutch, all-around, defensive, and experienced players in the game today (if not the best).

"The bottom line is, now a consumer sees an ad and their defensive mechanisms automatically come up, " says Fitzsimons.

But some acted like I was trying to convert them or something and would immediately go on the defensive about it.

As they tend to do whenever they encounter any elephant bones, the elephants first gather around the bones in a defensive circle. . .

At least some of the e-mails suggest that at the end of 2006 its defensive posture came at the possible expense of more bullish investors.

The war in the last of Song Dynasty even led the appearance of unique defensive urban and architecture, which still remain today.

It was the Lakers' best defensive effort since the start of the shot clock era, and the team has now won five straight games.

"I consider us to be one of the best defensive teams in the league, and tonight, we were challenged, fully, " forward Kevin Garnett said.

Wenger is confident that Arsenal's defensive record will prove important in holding on for a place in the final.

He described the American role as "wholly defensive" and said U. S. forces would not initiate hostilities.

China has always taken the road of peaceful development and keep in line with the defensive national defense policy, he said.

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defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness.

I tried to field Ambrosini as a striker in a situation in which we were behind and Empoli had lowered its defensive line further.

While Ms. Li dominated most exchanges from the start, Ms. Wozniacki's superior defensive skills allowed her to win most points.

Investors are also likely to be looking for any shift out of the defensive stocks they have clung to for months into more cyclical ones.

Ron has a real knack of being a top defender and an aggressive player on the defensive end of the court.

Depth in defensive actions is obtained by attacking the enemy throughout his entire formation to delay, disrupt, and finally destroy him.

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed.

Some defensive design issues are easy to spot: bad forms, error messages and inline help are obvious.

Regular troops comprised of free men, equipped with some armour and a spear, able to form a defensive ring of spears.

Rather than adopt a defensive pose and play for penalties, Charlton showed they believed they had just as much chance of winning the game .

The system will allow players to spread the ball with ease, opening up new attacking and defensive possibilities.

Rafa wants me to become a defensive midfielder and to understand the role and the positional side of things.

Rafa wants me to become a defensive midfielder and to understand the role and the positional side of things.

No one seems to want anything else. Not gold stocks. Not muni bonds. Not defensive equities. Cash, cash, cash.

don't get defensive. We're not trying to hustle you. We're doing our job. And sometimes we're just being friendly.

Since the little "victorious general" risk appetite for investors with lower volatility should choose smaller, stronger defensive fund.

This was not an easy playoff run, especially for you in terms of defensive assignments.

Bombardments of such density will destroy any defensive works built by the enemy.

A: The ghost's snipe shot, which deals 60 damage (and ignores armor) to biological units like the mutalisk, can be a good defensive ability.

We're not here to be defensive or to be shirking any responsibility. '

The report focused on strengthening the department's defensive capabilities, rather than on any need to be able to mount offensive action.

Ms Olney said: "There has been a mass sell-off of risk and a mad dash into defensive stocks" .

Arrogant or defensive people are also usually insecure; in an attempt to hide their in securities , they belittle or blame others.

What was he supposed to do? Play no defensive tricks at all and simply allow anyone who fancied it having a pop at his lead?

On this planet the Rakata built a temple that housed a generator for a defensive field around the Star Forge.

The enemy outnumbered them almost three to one with superior weapons and defensive shields.

Toronto was a bad offensive team last, but it was the worst defensive team in the NBA.

Use the available resources wisely to build new defensive works, to research, to upgrade buildings or to repair damaged units.

But before he gets his license and starts driving, he has to understand that the American style of driving is defensive, not offensive.

If the teacher has no explanation or is defensive then you take it to the next level.

but it's a poor defensive load as it does not penetrate deep enough to reach vial organ.

Allied defensive operations in China were over, and a new offensive campaign was finally ready to begin.

China's 2006 Defense White Paper said the navy would extend its mandate beyond coastal defense to include "offshore defensive operations. "

Trying to cause elective classes on the defensive consciousness in the rear.

A defensive error set up the only goal of the game for the Dutch side from which Jefferson Farfan scored early in the first half.

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

But Google pre-empted them, just as it denied them access to AOL, another portal, in which it bought a defensive stake last winter.

The best professionals account for this with smart, defensive design strategies (also known as contingency design).

The militant wing of Hamas has claimed responsibility for the deaths of the two Israeli soldiers, but says it was a defensive action.

into a passive position in defensive warfare, which gives far less scope for the full exercise of initiative than does offensive warfare.

Listening to the test when used in Jay's songs, "defensive" listen twice, "Chrysanthemum Taiwan" can only listen again.

We follow a defense policy which is defensive in nature. We do not engage in arms race or pose a military threat to any country.

Kobe has been a great defender, earning first-team All-Defensive honors eight times and second-team twice.

When an irate customer is complaining, or venting, it's easy to get defensive.

To win on the road though, they'll really have to turn up the defensive intensity.

And until there is a bit more certainty on this front, I think the U. S. dollar is likely to remain on the defensive.

During viral invasion, the body often over reacts with an excessive defensive response, called a cytokine storm.

The PLA pairs these calls with the assurance that China would not seek hegemony and its military strategy remained defensive.

In an instant his persuasive, conciliatory manner fled. He was on the defensive at a wink and puzzled for a word to reply.

On the rare occasions Liverpool did break in the first half, they seemed too wrapped up in defensive duties to dare to push forward.

This statistic can be deceiving , since fouls may increase with defensive effort, but it is still a useful measure for comparative analysis.

Newcastle's sketchy defending - unaided by an insistence on playing a high defensive line - made for countless opportunities for the hosts.

But in the past two seasons Arsenal have not always had the best results, owing to erratic finishing and defensive lapses.

By the same token, Howard's leading the NBA in blocks is by no means indicative of his true defensive value.

Now consider a shot taken from the same spot but this time struck to bend around a wall of defensive players lined up in front of the goal.

In the human side of the highest positive defensive troops, powerful defense capabilities, and damage is not to be overlooked either.

Each of these types of defensive actions contains elements of the others and usually contains both static and dynamic aspects?

The Jackal is a great offensive and defensive unit, but needs to be placed carefully to avoid harming your own units with splash damage.

They do not appear to make webs or produce venom but they nest in large groups and are very defensive of their offspring.

Carlisle believes that the team holding the ball in the defensive Durant offensive post moves, and many problems have emerged.

Finding all the fields in advance is a defensive programming step to eliminate one of the potential problems with using reflection.

The NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2006-07, Camby comes to the Clippers with a reputation as one of the top defenders in the league.

I was no stranger to shame as the cause of behavior that was deviant or defensive, secretive or misleading or hurtful.

The best approach is probably a very hard endgame farming area balanced to require at least one defensive skill, but not all of them.

The formation is narrow to help with passing options as well to keep a tight, compact defensive shape.

The Suns are a poor defensive team, but we are just GIVING them steals. We need to sharpen up the ball control.

The Skinny: Metro reported a while back that United were interested in signing defensive midfielder Javi Garcia away from Benfica.

This game to Celtic this defensive strategy, although they had a tough game, but finally won, and get through to the next round of spots.

Visible, near bulls in this line defensive power is adequate, supporting a strong degree of channel along the following lines.

Whenever others are criticizing us, don't be defensive immediately, listen to what they have to say.

Trained and hardened warriors protected by a large shield and mail. Armed with spears and able to form a defensive ring of spears.

Fierce Welsh mercenaries, who fight unarmoured, equipped with a spear and capable of forming a defensive ring of spears.

China says all this is defensive, but its tactical doctrines emphasise striking first if it must.

Mr. Pillai says more troops are moving to the border with China, which he describes as a 'gradual' buildup of 'defensive positions. '

Felt the teams defensive play had to be continued if they were going to compete with the upper echelon teams.

First, the defensive posture, where the body is fluffed up to appear larger or weapons such as teeth and claws are flashed.

The opponent for such a battle is standing in plain sight: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. , a brilliant defensive boxer who has never lost.

It was built as an integral aspect of a defensive system at the mouth of the river.

So, handguns are our primary defensive weapons, at least during the daylight hours.

On top of that, we will rationalize our defense budget and acquire necessary defensive weaponry to form a solid national defense force.

Kurt Rambis is now the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Will the Lakers miss his defensive knowledge?

To be specific, it may start off an arms race in outer space, and may also extend the arms race from offensive weapons to defensive weapons.

The enemy has strengthened their defensive position .

Units that are fighting each other compare their Offensive stat to the enemy's Defensive stat.

Sometimes, it is a defensive response of eating bad food. Do not be afraid of vomitting, which can comfort your body after vomitting.

The sun make people happy to take off his moderate coat, the cold wind but make people more defensive clothing wrapped.

By nature, a man is suspicious, competitive, con- trolled, defensive and a loner who hides his emotional state to stay in control.

A huge generator complex with a parabolic emitter dish projected a defensive shield around the second Death Star.

This weekend was a perfect example of the defensive howlers that have been so prevalent this season.

'What's with the military buildup? ' She said. 'China'smilitary growth can't just be for defensive purposes. '

The Nuggets also hope to have defensive stalwart Kenyon Martin back in mid-April in time for the playoffs.

Carving out a relationship entirely on the perspective of defensive thought, you just live on a survival mode.

They got out to a 13-2 lead, but we settled down, ran our offense and buckled down on the defensive end.

It's up to the players to be defensive-minded, to go out and execute whatever defensive game plan that our coach gives us.

A holy man of the Gods, Purist applies his holy spells to support and defensive spells.

These spear militia are comprised of more experienced troops in good armour, able to form a defensive ring of spears.

The canal would become the new defensive line, keeping the Taliban out in the west while protecting the population on the other side.

Goldman Sachs recently began to moderate its yearlong defensive stance on European stocks.

In her excellent defensive awareness, accurate digital cards, often occur difficult diving save more to boost morale .

As a technologist and early adopter of technology I'm often pushed into a defensive mode.

China's national defence policy is defensive in nature. China will never engage in arms race or pose a military threat to any country.

At home, the plan is defensive: to hunker down and prepare for the economic, political and perhaps military challenges that lie in store.

It's a culture of 'having it all' and yet very few of us can do this, which is why we get defensive about how we are seen as mothers.

and both Defensive Realism and Neoclassical Realism try to enhance the explanatory power of Realism which focusing on different aspects.

The doors were small and faced towards the settlement, showing the defensive attitude of the British towards China.

Over the next few days we have to concentrate a lot more in training, if we are to improve our defensive game.

The Great Wall is symbolic of such a defensive concept.

This fear is so pervasive that it has its own name: "defensive medicine. "

The shoulder shrug has also been defined as a form of defensive hunching or symbolic retreat from an unmanageable situation.

But it's often overlooked that in 2005 and 2006, we broke a lot of defensive records, too, and he was the left-back in that side.

Ignoring the fact that Japan's army is now purely for defensive purposes, I believe that China is on par with the USA.

The international outcry that followed put China on the defensive. The resulting debris field in orbit was potentially harmful as well.

David Pino, via Twitter: Dwight Howard. Size, strength, athleticism, defensive ability, dangerous off pick-and-rolls and a rising post game.

investors remain on the defensive, staying in cash and waiting for concrete evidence that the economy is starting to turn around.

Herein lies the defensive nature of our struggle.

Though the stores are now one of Apple's offensive weapons, they were born as a defensive move.

You must also be prepared to accept the performance overhead of making defensive copies where necessary.

If you put people on the defensive, they're much less likely to understand or embrace your choices.

Defensive Eurocrats point out that the public finances of the euro area as a whole are no worse than America's.

The Cobham supplied system is an aircraft baseline requirement, integral to the defensive capabilities of the Eurofighter.

He was passive offensively, missed some easy looks when he did try to score, and had his worst defensive game of the series.

He is also the best offensive rebounder in the league and is a very good defensive player; he is the anchor of a very good Hornet defense.

You want to run your company in a defensive posture, and you want to be attacked by a battalion of 500 people.

neither character is particularly defensive, so i don't think it would be strange for either of us to get hot and go on a win streak.

Such defensive interactions have so far been largely overlooked, yet they are probably much more widespread than is currently recognized.

The PLA pairs these calls with the assurance that China would not seek hegemonies military strategy remained defensive.

Union troops did not prepare defensive positions.

Shannon Brown will be the first guard off the bench and has been a defensive upgrade over Farmar.

Now we have Mutumbo in there, a proven defensive player of the year and one of the best defensive centers of all time.

The poor performance of hedge funds may be one reason why more conservative investors are also getting defensive.

Jose Mourinho expects a New Year title boost with his defensive giants John Terry and Petr Cech back in action before the end of January.

A week later and his adversaries are on the defensive.

Later, perhaps sensing that this is not typical teenage life elsewhere--even for nerds--he turns defensive.

The Celtics have the best record and are the league's top defensive team because of Garnett and what he demands of his teammates.

Some of the defensive spines of a varactyl have softened into feathers used primarily as in mating and threat displays.

The defensive moves have the potential to put further pressure on those economies by reducing the already limited supply of credit.

With that in mind, I expect this team to exhibit marked defensive improvement as the preseason progresses.

He was staring at me incredulously. But his face was tense, defensive.

Clearly, Kobe had anticipated the Celtics defensive rotation, so there was little risk of a turnover.

The more you try and tell him about a mistake he made the more defensive he gets.

Washington and Seoul say the exercises are purely defensive and that they have no intention of invading the North.

Music bold use language to express. 2 the growth as the age, people can produce a kind of psychological defensive, to protect fragile self.

Madrid, of course, is the place where Fabio Capello could win a league title and then get run out of town for being too defensive.

I'm a defensive midfielder and being a hard player is part of the game, but I believe I'm more skilful than the Italian public may think.

To sum up; in the war of armies on the ground I was under the thrall of defensive fire-power.

In our job we complete each other: he has ideas from a defender point of view, he has all the defensive mecchanisms in his head.

By means of video and statistics, the paper analyzes the application of defensive techniques and tactics between CBA and NBA.

A punishment not understood by the horse can cause them to be in a defensive mood for weeks.

When I saw we were finding it hard to score the third goal and end the game, I thought a few changes would give more defensive control.

Perhaps you were being righteous, defensive, or merely wanted to make sure you corrected some erroneous facts.

A significant upgrade from frozen armor, this defensive shield deals an icy blast to any attackers, numbing them with cold, searing pain.

Johan Cruyff disapproved it because he felt that Bergkamp would not play well in the defensive style of Inter.

Healthcare and Pharmaceutical sectors may be a good defensive play and may benefit from U. S. President Obama major healthcare reform.

I'd get defensive and put the letter at the bottom of my to-do list.

But there's a difference between defending what you've done so far and being defensive.

The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act obligates the U. S. to 'provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character. '

"It's frustrating because I can do everything but what pertains to basketball -- running and jumping, defensive slides, " he said.

For most of his time in Beijing, the US Treasury secretary was on the defensive, justifying US policies rather than berating those of China.

Before the enemy had completed setting up a firm defensive line, the government army circled up around them.

From the first moment throughout the match began, discount NBA jerseys, the celtics in garnett led up the overall defensive tactics.

Historical records trace the construction of the origin of the Wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 B.

That defensive behavior is relatively common toward the end of the year, but this year it's happening almost a month earlier.

At that dinner, we sat down and talked about how we needed to improve on the defensive end.

But still on the defensive because at any minute a boy might run up to me and say something horrible.

So, the way I call it is, each side will not be dumb enough to start a war as their defensive positions are so strong.

Armguard hook, as a defensive weapon, is usually used by boors.

Bond prices rose as investors shifted money out of riskier assets like stocks and commodities and into defensive investments.

Building a permanent bridge over the defensive moat of a 17th century fortress might send the wrong message to an invading army.

Icannot say Ancelotti was a defensive coach. I liked him as a man and as a manager as well.

The Reds will have to sort out their defensive problems before they face a City side who are blessed with a wealth of attacking options.

The requirements for initial preemptive defensive actions ( jump overcalls ; the weak version of two-suited actions ) are possibly light .

Also, with Quaddafi's forces now clearly on the defensive, traders were a bit more inclined to take on some risk.