Labour no longer needed to be on the defensive over how much it might raise tax.
"We were trying to be solid on the defensive end, " Durant said.
But the Tennessee teen never let it be his kryptonite, eventually going on to play on the defensive line for Morristown West High School's beloved Trojans football team, friend Lyric McCaroll said.
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The trade unions, who have strongly condemned violence and are already worried that the murder may be used to pep up propaganda against them, have been thrown on the defensive.
This may be a sign that with a stronger dollar, the tides may be shifting for defensive stocks that depend on emerging market sales for growth.
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The reason: the NFL folks who dole out these fines (operations executive Ray Anderson and his crew) are oftentimes divining the intent of the defensive player, which can be a hard thing to do with on-the-field, before-the-whistle actions that happen in milliseconds.
According to the brewery, this light ale, which would be marketed in school-color purple and gold cans, would be called Bandit Blonde after a defensive unit on the school's 1958 national-championship squad.
In the aftermath of the Gulf war, there is absolutely no question that the American people can be energized and mobilized on behalf of state-of-the-art American technical defensive prowess.
Putting Stoudemire at center and Anthony at power forward for long stretches may be asking too much of both players both on the defensive end and from a fatigue standpoint.
And they'll probably spend their careers lining up against a slew of players on the defensive side of the ball who could be picked early in the first round, too.
Such unbundling will put Beltway tax-lovers on the defensive--where they richly deserve to be.
This wink-and-nod approach to history may be politically expedient, but is unconvincing and inevitably puts Japan back on the defensive because the government looks like it is shirking.
Cyber security might always be an uphill, defensive struggle as techniques and technologies raise the stakes on both sides.
Playing time for Umenyiora shouldn't be a problem with the Falcons, who released veteran defensive end John Abraham on March 1.
Instead of being on the defensive from the beginning of the next round of legislating, the Democrats will be starting from a position of strength.
Though Israel so far has not done so, it must insist that if it is to give up the defensive asset of the Golan Heights, there must be not only a demilitarized zone on the Golan, but also a reduction of Syria's armed forces and missiles, and a dismantling of its arsenal of chemical warfare.
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Several claims turned out to be excessive, as noted by GOP critics and media fact-checkers, putting Obama and the administration on the defensive.
Woodson, a former head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, was brought to New York to be the defensive coordinator under coach Mike D'Antoni, an offensive mastermind who focused little time on defense.
With Wisconsin as one of the key 11 swing states in America, and with Wisconsin not having gone Republican since 1984, the results Tuesday could be a harbinger of doom for Obama, and could embolden a Republican party that until recently, has been on the defensive in the state, and arguably the nation.
News on Monday that two more Wall Street institutions had faltered -- 158-year-old Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch accepted an offer to be bought out by Bank of America -- allowed the Democrats to go on the attack after being mostly on the defensive when the political debate focused on Palin and whether the phrase "lipstick on a pig" was sexist.
As investors, this serves as a defensive governor on earnings because landlords are less likely to be forced to renew leases at a time when the market is weak.
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