Rather than criticise price reporters, he said, they should be defended for getting close to a near approximation of the real price.
The roots of the ban are religious, and the law was defended for years by Gov. Sonny Perdue, who vowed to veto any legislation that tried to change it.
But her lack of decisiveness has opened the door to Starboard, and her modus operandi, which seems to be to dither while Alibaba sorts itself out, cannot be defended for much longer.
On the page, at least, the Journal's austere style has been defended for the past twenty years by Paul R. Martin, who publishes an internal newsletter, "Style & Substance," devoted to identifying encroaching vulgarization in the paper's prose.
Additionally, even when general success seems unlikely, civil disobedience might be defended for any reprieve from harm that it brings to victims of a bad law or policy.
If this reasoning can easily be defended for services, such as Internet access or mobile phone plans, companies design hardware products in order to sell them at a margin.
Pelosi can be defended for being in an impossible situation at the time.
How can 40 years behind bars be defended for a young mother carrying a few grams of crack cocaine?
They were also furious with the festival itself and Cardi's publicist, who she's defended, for allowing and possibly enabling this public display.
The first officially recognized champion was Maori wrestler Ike Robin who won the title in Auckland on 17 March 1925, and held it until his retirement the following year; the title continued to be defended for almost 70 years.
