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And Gregory Mankiw, the Harvard economist, writing in the Economic View column, defends the performance of Ben S. Bernanke, the regularly pummeled chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Intelligence officials defended the performance of the C.I.A.

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart defended the performance of Wighton.

Nazir Khidmat, the provincial council chairman, defended the performance of the police.

Even Mr. McDonough did not defend the performance, saying only, "I thought it was tough".

He said: "I don't defend the performance of the team - not just Kompany.

The late-inning failure was uncharacteristic, though Charlton and others defended the performance.

Hodgson was fiercely criticised for England's approach that night, but he firmly defended the performance today.

Mr. Isibor's lawyer has filed papers defending the performance of the shelters in response to the state's action.

"I certainly don't stand here feeling obliged to defend the performance of the previous state government," he said.

Pressed that the manager was not defending Kompany's display against Barcelona, Pellegrini said: "I don't defend the performance of the team – not just Kompany.