The adults weigh at least about 2.2 pounds, and can hold their own against many of the smaller predators, but young kiwis have fewer defenses.
Instead, the high abundance of arthropods such as the herbivorous Orthoptera in the thrice-burned plot can be related to the leaf quality for herbivorous, as young leaves and pioneers species generally have fewer defenses against herbivores [36].
It is important to remember that critically ill patients have fewer defenses against adverse events than other patients do.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee ran an ad criticizing Mr. Johnson for voting against a few defense programs.
Few defense lawyers choose to take clients who run afoul of a Revolutionary Court judge.
Few defense lawyers and prosecutors, though they spar over the admissibility of lineups in court, have heard of him.
Few defense lawyers want to take capital cases, because they are difficult to prosecute and the defendants are often indigent and unable to pay their bills.
Few defense observers thought Flournoy's late 2011 departure from the Pentagon heralded the abandonment of her ambition to be secretary, even after Obama passed her over twice in favor of Hagel and Leon Panetta.
On Tuesday, just a gaggle of reporters, with Mr. Sharpton and a few defense lawyers verbally sparring under the watchful eye of two of the biggest members of the police force, Nick, a Clydesdale, and Deb, a Belgian draft horse.
In addition to the guilt phase of a criminal trial, the penalty phase can go on for years as lawyers compile thick histories of the suspect's criminal and mental health record, and few defense lawyers are interested in taking on such cases, said Ellen S. Kreitzberg, a law professor at Santa Clara University who has studied how the death penalty is carried out in California.
A few defense hawks are upset by that prospect -- Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham most prominently.
