Mobutu was dying of prostate cancer, and years of corruption in his government had weakened the State and its defense capabilities.
Earlier this year Gene Schaerr, a partner at Winston Strawn in Washington, D.C., quit the 850-lawyer firm so he could represent his home state, Utah, in its defense of a ban on same-sex marriage.
Few would disagree that the post-Cold War United States could safely shrink its defense industry, and it surely has: defense procurement has declined by more than 60% in constant dollars since 1989.
Ohio State pulled ahead when its defense forced a three-and-out, and Boeckman — with a couple of long passes — led the Buckeyes deep into Texas territory.
One of the six, Jadranko Prlic, was briefly the prime minister of the breakaway state; another, Bruno Stojic, was its defense minister.
Forget that Kent State tried to collapse its defense and prevent the much bigger Hoosiers from dominating in the middle with layups.
Iowa State tried to keep its defense inside the lane to combat the Wildcats' 6-10 andhony Davis and 6-9 Terrence Jones, but Miller and Teague wrecked the Cyclones' plans with jump shots and drives at the rim.
Iowa State tried to keep its defense inside the lane to combat the Wildcats' 6-10 andhony Davis and 6-9 and Terrence Jones, but Miller and Teague wrecked the Cyclones' plans with jump shots and drives at the rim.
8's proponents have what's known as standing to argue on its behalf in court — they stepped in after the State of California dropped its defense, but they may be deemed not to have met the federal court rule that they were legally harmed by the lower-court decision.
The judge also took exception to the view that public schools should take a lesson from the city's parochial schools, although the state had said, in its defense, that the church schools did better while spending less than the public schools.
