Sentence examples for defending the closed from inspiring English sources

Brooker characterizes Clegg as "the company man, defending the closed shop against a new wild card, man-of-the-people outsider," adding, "as soon as you're part of the system, you're not a man of the people anymore".

A spokesman defended the closed-door approach, saying that the subjects being reviewed are delicate.

A spokesman defended the closed-door approach, saying that the subjects being reviewed are too delicate for public discussion.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash)., a committee co-chair, defended the closed-door meetings before entering yet another private meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

At the TACD meeting, Team Obama stuck to shallow, Chamber of Commerce-style talking points and defended the closed-door U.S. advisory committee system created under Nixon (with 600 industry advisers and only one consumer advocate having access to classified trade negotiating docs) as appropriate and sufficient.

In closed-door hearings, Mills was now defending the fact that the Administration's plan depended on Social Security taxes.

In the closed caucus meeting on Thursday, Mr. Dingell spoke first, emphasizing his decades of legislative accomplishments and defending the seniority system that had cemented his power.

Defending the One Percent.

(See: "Defending The Bear Stearns Rescue").

Defending The Data Center.

In the public seminar the candidate has the opportunity to explain the essence of his/her work to the examining committee and the public in general, and in the closed portion to defend the dissertation in more specific detail before the Ph.D. committee alone.