The second phase was one of " active defense " of the Panjshir stronghold, while carrying out asymmetric warfare.

A variant, the hook and lateral, where a forward pass is immediately passed backward to a second receiver to fool the defense, is used on occasion.

Failing to qualify for the post season for the second straight year, the Saints found themselves struggling on defense.

The second reason is that such groups may be formed as a means of defense to insure survival, fears by one group of a hostile group threatening them can increase solidarity amongst that group, R. Paul Shaw and Yuwa Wong in their book The Genetic Seeds of Warfare ( 1989 ) identify this as the foundation of xenophobia that they identify as originating in hunter gatherer societies.

A second defense mechanism is provided by the sharp spines, which radiate outwards when the fish is inflated.

With the death of company founder and first CEO Willard Rockwell in 1978, and the stepping down of his son Willard Rockwell, Jr. in 1979 as the second CEO, Bob Anderson became CEO and led the company through the 1980s when it became the largest U. S. defense contractor and largest NASA contractor.

At the second Siege of Przemysl, the Austro-Hungarian garrison showed an excellent knowledge of siege warfare, not only waiting for relief, but sending sorties into Russian lines and employing an active defense that resulted in the capture of the Russian General Lavr Kornilov.

The Bears " 46 defense " also had the following impact players: On the defensive line, Pro Bowler and hall of famer Richard Dent led the NFL in sacks for the second year in a row with 17, while Pro Bowler and future hall of famer Dan Hampton recorded 6. 5 sacks, and nose tackle Steve McMichael compiled 8.

The Vikings were led by quarterback Fran Tarkenton and the Purple People Eaters defense ; they advanced to their second consecutive Super Bowl and third overall after finishing the regular season with a 10-4 record and defeating the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs.

But once again the Steelers failed to score as the Dallas defense kept Pittsburgh out of the end zone and Gerela missed his second field goal, a 33-yard attempt.

Although Pittsburgh's " Steel Curtain " defense had some new starters this season, such as linemen John Banaszak and Steve Furness, and defensive back Tony Dungy, they finished No. 1 in fewest points allowed ( 195 ) second in the league against the run ( allowing 107. 8 yards per game ) and ranked third in fewest total yards allowed ( 4, 529 ).

Cincinnati began to rally in the second half with quarterback Ken Anderson's 5-yard touchdown run and 4-yard touchdown pass, but a third-quarter goal line stance by the 49ers defense and two more Wersching field goals ultimately pulled the game out of reach.

But San Francisco's defense tightened up on the next 3 plays, forcing 2 incompletions and a completed pass for no gain, and Miami was forced to settle for Von Schamann's second field goal of the game to cut their deficit to 28-13 with 12 seconds left in the half.

However, the Redskin offense began to click upon Williams ' return with 14: 17 left in the second quarter, and much as they had in the second half of Super Bowl XXI against the New York Giants the Bronco defense seemed to collapse.

The Giants ' defense ranked second in the league in fewest total yards allowed ( 4, 392 ) and first in fewest points allowed, and boasted three Pro Bowl selections: defensive tackle Erik Howard, and linebackers Pepper Johnson and Lawrence Taylor.

However, their defense ranked second to last in the league in yards allowed.

Meanwhile, Dallas ' defense continued to stop Buffalo's offense throughout the second half.

The 1995 Pittsburgh defense ranked second in the league in total yards allowed ( 4, 833 ).

The Falcons defense ranked second in the league in fewest rushing yards allowed ( 1, 203 ), eighth in fewest total yards ( 5, 009 ), and fourth in fewest points.

But Denver's defense made a great stand in the opening minutes of the second quarter, tackling Anderson for no gain on third down and 1, and then stopping him for a 2-yard loss on a fourth down conversion attempt.

The second part of this defense argues for the logical possibility of " a mighty nonhuman spirit " such as Satan who is responsible for so-called ' natural evils ', including earthquakes, tidal waves, and virulent diseases.

He acts as the second in command and helps create the master plan for the village's defense.

His reputation was marred by his repeated defense of corrupt appointees, and by the deep economic depression ( called the " Panic of 1873 ") that dominated his second term.

The players in the second group of a zone defense, called " mids " and " deeps ", position themselves further out to stop throws that escape the cup and fly upfield.

If pathogens successfully evade the innate response, vertebrates possess a second layer of protection, the adaptive immune system, which is activated by the innate response.

Pufferfish are generally believed to be the second most poisonous vertebrates in the world, after the golden poison frog.

Hagfishes, uniquely among vertebrates, also possess a second heart-like structure in the tail.

It contains over 110 families, the second most of any order of vertebrates ( after the Perciformes ).

Birds were the second vertebrate hosts with mammals being the most recent group of vertebrates infected.

Follicular granulosa cells are the second type of accessory cells in the ovary in both invertebrates and vertebrates.

These two genes were duplicated during the second whole-genome duplication event ( 2R ) to create four new somatostatin genes: SS1, SS2, SS3, and one gene that was lost during the evolution of vertebrates.

* the second family groups TK from various sources that include, vertebrates, bacteria, the Bacteriophage T4, poxviruses, African swine fever virus ( ASFV ) and Fish lymphocystis disease virus ( FLDV ).

Upon second thought we were forced to realize that we have very few reliable historical benchmarks against which we might compare the present situation, and that conclusions that present-day students are `` more '' or `` less '' religious could not be defended on the basis of our data.

The second two pieces lap over the inner member of the keelson and butt against the outer member.

Direct confrontation and acceptance of Mrs. B.'s anger against the second baby soon dissipated her fears of annihilation.

A second factor which enters into the practical measurement of the instrumentally determined cutting force is the frictional resistance caused by the bottom of the knife against the substrate.

Turk Lown was tagged with the loss, his second against no victories, while Ray Moore won his second game against a single loss.

At that time the second half of the Christian Youth Crusade against Communism will be staged.

And pretty soon gray fox is announcing that he won't have anyone around that's against him, and setting out to break his second territorial treaty with the birds.

Karpov took an early lead, winning the second game against the Sicilian Dragon, then scoring another victory in the sixth game.

As a theologian Alain de Lille shared in the mystic reaction of the second half of the 12th century against the scholastic philosophy.

Johnson won a second Congressional term in 1845 against his perennial opponent, Wiliam G. Brownlow ; in this second campaign, Johnson particularly took up the mantle as defender of the poor against the aristocracy.

Hippolytus of Rome ( d. 235 ) is commonly considered to be the earliest antipope, as he headed a separate group within the Church in Rome against Pope Callixtus I. Hippolytus was reconciled to Callixtus's second successor, Pope Pontian, and both he and Pontian are honoured as saints by the Roman Catholic Church with a shared feast day on 13 August.

He was also a powerful and consistent supporter of Skanderbeg, whom he decided to take under his protection as a vassal in 1451, shortly after the latter had scored his second victory against Murad II.

* 1815 – The Second Serbian Uprising – a second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.

The Falcons also wore their all-black uniform in 2007 against the New York Giants, and in 2008 against the Carolina Panthers and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( for the second time ).

Many participants were among those 11 million or more protesters that on the weekend of February 15, 2003, participated in global protests against the imminent Iraq war and were dubbed the " world's second superpower " by an editorial in the New York Times.

The second Battle of Doiran, with general Vladimir Vazov as commander, inflicted a heavy blow on the numerically superior British army, which suffered 12, 000 casualties against 2, 000 from the opposite side.

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).