Defenders might sometimes dig counter-tunnels in order to reach the enemy's mines and launch an attack ; frequently thermal weapons were used to drive the besiegers from the tunnels.

Defenders argue that many of these are the result of deliberate design decisions, some of which were made at a time when the software and hardware landscape were different than they are now.

In response, Palin stated the reason these wolves are killed is to protect the caribou population in Alaska, and she called the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund an " extreme fringe group ".

Some indigenous groups are trying to expand these freedoms ; they include Human Rights in China, Chinese Human Rights Defenders ( CHRD ), and the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group ( CHRLCG ).

Defenders of offshore banking have criticised these attempts at regulation.

At first, she sent out low level telepathic signals, luring threats to the vicinity of the Defenders ' headquarters, hoping that one of these threats would remove her headband, or force the Defenders to remove the headband so she may use her powers to aid them unhindered.

Defenders lowered these frames onto the riverbed and filled each with 20 to 40 tons of stone to anchor it in place.

Defenders of these courses object that the derogatory comments made in the media rely on the low symbolic capital of new subjects and rarely discuss course contents beyond the titles.

He is the only one of these to recur, and the only given any distinction from the others, who are frequently slain en masse by the Defenders.

: A fixed resolution to avoid the very appearance of digression in these annals prevents my referring to various sporadic Irish combinations of the 18th century -- Whiteboys, Steelboys, Oakboys, Peep-o '- day Boys, Defenders -- some Catholic, some Protestant, some mixed ; but each representing an inarticulate protest against agrarian or ecclesiastical aggression.

Andromeda's soul entered the body of Genevieve Cross and these Defenders now called themselves the Dragon Circle.

The Hulk chooses Doctor Strange, Namor, and the Silver Surfer ( the Defenders ); however, the Grandmaster takes them from different points in time ( specifically, moments when their greatest loves were lost to them ), and sets them against a team gathered by the Collector, which is composed of the Red Hulk, Baron Mordo, Tiger Shark, and Terrax.

Defenders gain points by staying alive without becoming mutants.

Defenders could move relatively safely in the cover of the ditch and could engage in active countermeasures to keep control of the glacis, the open slope that lay outside the ditch, by creating defensive earthworks to deny the enemy access to the glacis and thus to firing points that could bear directly on to the walls and by digging counter mines to intercept and disrupt attempts to mine the fort walls.

In addition, the methods of the IRA were to some extent inspired by the traditions of militant agrarian Irish secret societies like the Defenders, the Ribbonmen and the supporters of the Irish Land League.

By 1985, all three were members of the Defenders, whose monthly series was shortly canceled, which freed the trio.

The plaintiffs were represented by Mary Bonauto, an attorney from Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, and two Vermont attorneys: Susan Murray and Beth Robinson.

They played home games at Holman Stadium from 1998 through 2008, when they were sold and renamed the American Defenders of New Hampshire.

The two divisions were restructured and renamed for the 2010 season, as the Eastern Division and the Western Division, because the Connecticut Defenders moved to Richmond, Virginia after the 2009 season, where they are now known as the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

Two additional episodes ( The Defenders: Choice of Evils and The Defenders: Taking the First ) were aired as specials that year.

Defenders of Haughey portray the disagreement as being due to his ability and radical ideas, which were upsetting for the more conservative older minister.

Existing sectarian animosity did threaten to undermine the United Irishmen movement: two secret societies in Ulster fought against each other, the Peep O ' Day Boys, who were made up mostly of Protestants, and the Defenders, who were made up of Catholics.

Defenders of the T-80 point out that the T-72 performed just as badly in urban fighting in Grozny as the T-80, and there were two mitigating factors: after the breakup of the Soviet Union poor funding meant no training for new Russian tank crews, and the tank force entering the city had no infantry support, which is considered to be suicidal by many major military strategists of armored warfare.

The AA Eastern League Connecticut Defenders, previously the Norwich Navigators, were a farm team of the San Francisco Giants and they played at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium from both's inception in 1995 until the team announced its move to Richmond, Virginia for the 2010 season, where they are now known as the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

Defenders of the Bolshevik policy, such as Abbie Bakan, have claimed that the Kronstadt rebels were not the same sailors as those who had been revolutionary heroes in 1917.

Defenders who attempted to deny him the outside shot were confronted by his powerful drive to the basket.

Alongside the Brotherhood, Unus battled the Defenders, but Magneto and the Brotherhood were reduced to infancy by their team member Alpha the Ultimate Mutant.

Although the United Irishmen was a staunchly non-sectarian body which sought to unite all Irishmen, regardless of religion or descent many among their ranks were former Defenders, a term applied to many loosely connected, exclusively Catholic, agrarian resistance groups.

Development then shifted to emulating Atari's Asteroids, but hardware differences between Asteroids and Defenders proposed specifications were problematic.

Loguidice and Barton commented that Defenders success, along with Robotron: 2084, illustrated that video game enthusiasts were ready for more difficult games, which spurred developers to create more complex game designs.

Defenders of the actions taken by the Western allies maintain that Realpolitik made it impossible to do anything else, and that they were in no shape to start an utterly un-winnable war with the Soviet Union over the subjugation of Poland and other Central and Central and Eastern European countries immediately after the end of World War II.

2, with writers Len Wein, who he called his favorite writer — " It was uncanny, how in tune we were ... incredible mesh " — as well as Roger Stern and Bill Mantlo ; the Defenders, with Wein and Steve Gerber ; Thor, with Walt Simonson and John Workman ; and various Spider-Man titles with Gerry Conway and J. M.

Like the extremist Islamic Defenders Front, Laskar Jihad has also carried out attacks on bars, brothels and discothèques, which were perceived to be un-Islamic.

The Dragon then mocked Moondragon's sentimentality by showing her what the other Defenders were saying about her behind her back even though she had reformed.

Gonzaga kept this knowledge secret, knowing that Lampugnano and Bossi were two of the most influential citizens since the formation of the Republic, but with the support of the vengeful Guelphic Captains and Defenders conspired to have them slain.

Some groups, such as Defenders of Wildlife, dispute the official estimates, maintaining that the volume of the spill, which was calculated by subtracting the volume of material removed from the vessel's tanks after the spill from the volume of the original cargo, has been underreported.

Under Mary's marriage treaty with Philip, the official joint style reflected not only Mary's but also Philip's dominions and claims: " Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, King and Queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Princes of Spain and Sicily, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Milan, Burgundy and Brabant, Counts of Habsburg, Flanders and Tyrol ".

This style, which had been in use since 1554, was replaced when Philip inherited the Spanish Crown in 1556 with " Philip and Mary, by the Grace of God King and Queen of England, Spain, France, both the Sicilies, Jerusalem and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Burgundy, Milan and Brabant, Counts of Habsburg, Flanders and Tyrol ".

The Defenders are an ad-hoc team usually brought together by Dr.

Prior to the release of the TV series, the name Robotech was used by model kit manufacturer Revell on their Robotech Defenders line in the mid-1980s.

The anti-evolutionary legislation was not challenged again until 1965 and in the meantime William Jennings Bryan's cause was taken up by a number of organizations including the Bryan Bible League and the Defenders of the Christian Faith.

Defenders manning castles, forts or bastions would sometimes try to foil battering rams by dropping obstacles in front of the ram, such as a large sack of sawdust, just before the ram's head struck a wall or gate, or by using grappling hooks to immobilize the ram's log.

" Defenders of the mayor would later claim that he was calling Ribicoff a faker, a charge denied by Daley and refuted by Mike Royko's reporting.

Defenders of traditions and faiths from claims that they are irrationalist for ignoring or even attempting to forbid reason and argument concerning some subjects, typically maintain that there is no real conflict with reason, because reason itself is not enough to explain such things as the origins of the universe, or right and wrong, and so reason can and should be complemented by other sources of knowledge, or in other words first principles.

Also on display are the George Cross, awarded to the people of Malta by King George VI, the Book of Remembrance of civilians and servicemen killed during the years 1940-43 and the illuminated Scroll that President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented to the “ People and Defenders of Malta ” in 1943.

Thrawn and Stele afterward helped to nullify Zaarin's TIE Defenders by developing the Missile Gunboat.

Defenders of the MI theory would argue that this is simply a recognition of the broad scope of inherent mental abilities, and that such an exhaustive scope by nature defies a simple, one-dimensional classification such as an assigned IQ value.

* Private Site and most popular dedicated to Cocos Island by Ocean & Earth Defenders World Federation ( Research & Information Center for Marine and Wildlife Protection )

Defenders may concede anytime, but may be asked by declarer to complete play ( e. g. if declarer thinks that Schneider or Schwarz is still possible ).

* " Baby ", by Alcazar from Disco Defenders

The Red Hand Defenders is a cover name used by breakaway factions of the UDA / UFF and the LVF.

Most of the attacks have been launched by loyalist paramilitaries opposed to the 1994 ceasefires, especially the Red Hand Defenders ( RHD ) and Orange Volunteers ( OV ).

Defenders of the Faith is the ninth studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest.

The Squadron reappear in the title Defenders, reunited by the alien Nebulon.

The Squadron Sinister plan to threaten the Earth again but are defeated once more by the Defenders and the Avenger Yellowjacket.