Klotz's defense was patchy, tenuous, and rooted largely in speculation, but it could be enough to withstand the government's meagre evidence.
In fact, after the Bulls' talented forward, Augustus Gilchrist, made an easy basket midway through the second half, Wright yelled out to his team, "He's their leading scorer!" To make matters worse, Villanova's soft interior defense and thin rotation have been left even more tenuous after center Mouphtaou Yarou exited for good with a possible concussion with five minutes left in the first half.
But it's a defense that has become more tenuous in the court of public opinion now that the $360-billion company has emerged as the de facto leader in media distribution.
The second case, due to begin on June 27, is expected to be more complex and to last longer, with more defendants, more tenuous charges of command responsibility and more aggressive defense lawyers who have already filed a flurry of pretrial motions.
My summary was that the Knicks would remain strong on defense, but that the improvements on offense were tenuous and subject to change.
But at the first session of Parliament, the agreement unraveled when Mr. Maliki appointed himself as the minister of both interior and defense, claiming that because of the country's tenuous security environment he needed more time to vet the candidates.
They focus on the explicit codification of the statute of limitations in 286 compared to the tenuous arguments that the Federal Circuit used to shoehorn latches as a defense to legal remedies under 282.
After a tenuous beginning, he did not allow a run after the first, with the help of good defense and four double plays.
Donnelly said the implication was that if the Pentagon does fully implement the 2011 defense cuts, "our ability to execute a global strategy is going to be really tenuous at best".
