The prime minister is expected to parry criticisms by pointing to the government's record on the minimum wage, the working families tax credit, record investment in the NHS, low inflation and unemployment, and the constitutional devolution to Edinburgh and Cardiff.
To the inevitable cries of why these matters had not been addressed before, the president can, rightly, cite the Republican-invented debt ceiling crisis that is, however awkwardly, behind us and parry criticisms that he has not brought the issue front and center with his call for a special session.
Mr. Obama has been parrying criticism from both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. McCain, who, though offering starkly different views of what should be done in Iraq, have similarly questioned his credentials to be commander in chief.
At times, it seemed that Mrs. Clinton was parrying criticism from every corner of the stage, reflecting the vulnerabilities that come from being a high-visibility candidate who has built large leads in national polls with just two months to go until the first vote.
A tall, gracious woman of 67, Mill has had many years to muse over what she has wrought and is adept at parrying criticism from animal rights activists who believe she should never have meddled with evolution.
After weeks in which Clinton has spent time parrying criticism over her emails, her fundraising and her poll numbers, the front-runner was given a major national forum to remind voters that she's been a Democrat all her life, and can sound like a progressive when she needs to.
Trying to parry the criticism, the administration said it was stepping up its scrutiny of the homes and announced that it would seek a $20,000 fine against one in Staten Island for violations that endangered residents' safety.
Attacked after three decades of success, he failed to parry the criticisms evoked by his New Testament commentary (1639).
But those efforts by Kerry, including a bid to raise the issue of "outsourcing" of U.S. jobs, have had mixed success because of a combination of Kerry's scattershot themes and the Bush campaign's strategy of parrying Iraq criticism by portraying Kerry as inconsistent.
Your hesitation is working in his advantage". The prime minister parried this criticism, saying, "The Cabinet must also think of the wives and mothers who will become bereaved". Throughout the meeting, there was no mention of a threat but rather of an "opportunity" that was there, to be seized.
