Nadella instead defended the Ice contract, claiming it did not specifically aid in family separations.
They have instead defended Trump and made excuses on his behalf.
One of Mr. Tourre's lawyers, led by Pamela Chepiga of Allen & Overy, instead defended him as merely participating in a game played by intelligent investors.
Conservatism sometimes makes an idol of the rugged individual, but at its richest and deepest it valorizes local community instead — defending the family and the neighborhood, the civic association and the church.
And it says a lot about Sweden's progressiveness that, instead of censoring Abrahamsson in the face of criticism, the project's spokespeople instead defended her right to self-expression.
Mr. Bush did nothing to stop the Graham execution, but instead defended his state's actions, telling reporters that "as far as I'm concerned there has not been one innocent person executed since I've been governor".
Asked by the BBC if she would say sorry, Gisela Stuart instead defended the organisation's record.
In De Gravitatione, he eliminates the unintelligible notion of prime matter by associating perceived properties with determined regions of extension.[27] Both also attack Descartes' identification of matter with extension, instead defending the void and showing strong sympathy for atomism.
Others, such as Jeffrey (1956) and Levi (1960) disagreed and instead defended a value-neutral view of science on which scientists should bracket their attitudes, preferences, temperament, and values when assessing the correctness of their inferences.
Refusing to shoot your own citizens and instead defending them IS non-cooperation, and soldiers who refuse to follow illegal orders ARE honoring the tenets of civil disobedience.
