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.
Put on the defensive, the government is reportedly seeking to modify portions of its petition that suggest it is favoring one brother over the other.
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.
He wants to show that he can act quickly in a crisis, show leadership, shake up the race, maybe put Obama on the defensive, try to show that he's above politics.
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.
While the improvement of the economy could give the president a boost, it will also diminish the sense of crisis that had put Republicans on the defensive.
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.
The fact that, at least circumstantially, the riots began with a demonstration has put students on the defensive.
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.
But for 2011, investors snapped up dividend-paying stocks in droves as heightened market volatility driven by Europe's sovereign-debt crisis and global growth concerns put investors 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.
Agency officials and the Obama administration have said that treatment was inappropriate, but the political tempest is showing no signs of ebbing and has put the White House on the defensive.
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.
Both sides know that China's professed fear of rising Japanese militarism is something of a predictable charade, designed to put the government in Tokyo 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.
For decades afterwards, memory of this victorious moment was enough to fill secular nationalists with confidence, and put pious forces 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.
Threats and ranting from Washington risk merely fortifying hard-line opponents of change in China at a time when slowing growth has put its leaders on the defensive.
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