As the nation prepared for a presidential election year, the South renewed its promise to defend slavery or leave the Union.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

And they had to defend a line almost sixty kilometers long, from Richmond to the city of Petersburg.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

If South Carolina attacked, or planned to attack, then he could move his men into the fort that would be easiest to defend.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

He stopped moving forward and prepared to defend against what seemed to be a strong Confederate attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

When he appeared before Congress, Gifford was unable to defend Hoover's position that relief was the responsibility of local governments and private giving.

VOA: special.2011.03.10

With its publication, Darwin gained important supporters like Thomas Huxley who were willing to defend his ideas.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

When the Senate began debate on the Kansas-Nebraska bill, Stephen Douglas was the first to defend it.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

I was looking for a safe place to defend myself, or perhaps for a way out.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

If the Indians protested, or tried to defend their land, they were destroyed with crushing force.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

They volunteered to join Tennessean Andrew Jackson to defend the city of New Orleans,Louisiana, against the British army in the War of Eighteen Twelve.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

The army refused. It told the commander to defend the forts as best he could.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

At the same time, it needed a new foreign policy to defend its interests.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

I moved away from him and prepared to defend myself as best I could.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Northern Europeans skied to hunt for food, then later to defend their countries.

VOA: special.2010.02.10