Sentence examples for firm defense from inspiring English sources

Denmark, coached by Morten Olsen, a star of the attractive Danish team in the mid-1980's, qualified for the second round with firm defense and enlightened counterattacks.

"Given Senator Schumer's firm defense of Mr. Weiner, we look forward to hearing what the senator has to say now," said Brian Walsh, a spokesman for the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Faced with this unanimous resistance, the king was forced to abandon his struggle, and the Storting's dominant position became the firm defense against Swedish attempts to further unite the two countries.

A firm defense of polling on questions about which the public may not yet have strong feelings comes from Peter Hart, a Democratic pollster who does the NBC/ Journal poll with Robert Teeter, a Republican.

Billed as a "tribute" to the writer, the promotional materials for the event said it would engage with this question, among others: "Did the man and his methods overshadow his ideas?" But even that wasn't full preparation for a decidedly mixed evaluation of Mr. Hitchens's legacy, which prompted a firm defense of the writer by a famous friend to cap the evening.

There were two dramatic moments of the hourlong debate: the screening of Mrs. Clinton's firm defense of her husband on the NBC "Today" program in January 1998 during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, and Mr. Lazio's challenge, with document and pen in hand, that both candidates sign a pledge not to use soft money.

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Despite an overwhelmingly panicked tone to early trading, several sectors, including New York real estate firms, defense contractors and wireless firms, actually got a boost after last week's attack.

Many firms whose business revolves around intellectual property -- tech firms, defense group companies, even Formula One teams -- complain that their systems are now under constant attack to extract proprietary information.

"This is a time for wise, steady, and firm leadership," defense secretary Chuck Hagel told a Senate panel.