But it is the first time that the frontrunner was put on the defensive so often.
But Det Botha was later put on the defensive when questioned by Mr Pistorius's lawyer, says our correspondent.
In a funny way, during the boom of television and cable, print was put on the defensive fence, if you will.
Every election cycle, candidates that endorse (or even say nice things about) the FAIR tax wind up getting attacked and put on the defensive.
This week he was put on the defensive by the leaking of an intelligence report that paints a grim picture of Iraq's prospects for the coming year.
It brought dozens of new politicians to the fore, and redefined the debate on issues including health care and spending in a way that put Democrats on the defensive.
The fact that two mainstream candidates are willing to start taking on this orthodoxy could put the Norquist crew on the defensive and help the GOP strengthen some of its public image.
After the April meeting in which I put Dell on the defensive, three or four women came up to me and thanked me for speaking out on their behalf.
All of this, she claims, has put the airlines on the defensive.
The law is so new--and the scandal that inspired it still so fresh in the public's memory--that its violation has put the Governor on the defensive, even though it was Bush who pushed the measure through the legislature last spring.
And he should have been on the watch for a variety of stalling tactics fibbers use while trying to figure out how to respond: Liars tend to repeat the question you just asked, make irrelevant statements to divert attention, or try to put you on the defensive.
The credit crisis, and then the financial crisis, ushered in a new austerity that has re-sized audit fees and put auditors on the defensive again, looking for new services and new ways to charge new and existing clients more.
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But he thinks that Mr Rove and his colleagues could suffer from a serious credibility problem that could put them on the defensive.
Rudy Giuliani, whose conflicting and confusing answers two weeks ago about abortion seemingly put him on the defensive, came off as better prepared this time, with crisper responses.
But another extremely challenging task facing the Bush administration is the need to improve the image of the United States around the world, a task made more difficult by allegations of prisoner abuse that have put the Bush administration on the defensive.
Those companies and others that run the rival Microsoft Pocket software, meanwhile, have cut Palm's share of the revenue in the hardware market from 71% to 46% since 2000 and put its pricing on the defensive.
But Henry Waxman, the Democrat who runs the House committee that oversees the FDA, will hold hearings on June 6, determined to use the Avandia flap to put the FDA and drug manufacturers on the defensive.
And German consumers have put their government on the defensive, claiming that the introduction of euro notes and coins in January pushed prices up.
Previous Congressional hearings have put Goldman executives on the defensive about the fact that Goldman was selling these structured products at the height of the bubble while betting against them for its own books.
At the same time House Republicans should pass bills that will put them on the side of the angels and put the Democrats in an uncomfortable defensive position.
Attacking shots, with the exception of the smash, impart topspin on the ball, and defensive shots, apart from the block, put backspin on the ball.
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The growing trend toward cloud computing appears to have put many of the more established software vendors on the defensive.
It has handed ammunition to local insurgents such as Vince Morgan, who is running for Congress against Rep. Charles Rangel and put Harlem's old guard on the defensive.
Similarly, Putin has proposed that instead of 10 anti-missile interceptors slated for deployment in Poland, the United States put interceptors in Turkey, Iraq and at sea on warships equipped with the Aegis defensive system.
But the change in personnel did not impact on the visitors, as Higdon capitalised on a defensive error to put them in front.
He didn't put Allen, who finished fifth in voting for Defensive Player of the Year, on Durant until the final minutes of Game 2.
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