The Cubs successfully defended their National League Central title in 2008, going to the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since 1906 – 08.

In the following years, Rome's appeals to the East were based on the unique authority of the Apostolic See and the primacy of Peter, over against the powers of councils as defended by the East ( councils, for example, had endorsed that lofty title which Rome contested ).

Edler defended the All Japan title several times and abandoned it.

For his third straight year, He qualified for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup held in Shanghai and successfully defended his title by defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 7 – 5, 7 – 5, 2 – 6, 2 – 6, 6 – 4.

The next year Eric Perez defended his title against Darin Shapiro.

In 1962 Feijenoord successfully defended their Dutch Championship title and reached the final of the Intertoto Cup 1961-62.

He defended his title in December against Wells, in January 1914 against Pat O ' Keefe and in London on July 16 he beat Ed " Gunboat " Smith to add the " White Heavyweight Champion of the World " to his European title.

Carpentier defended his title twice again in 1919 before dropping down a weight to challenge Battling Levinsky for the light heavyweight championship of the world.

As the title character in L ' après-midi d ' un faune the final tableau ( or scene ), during which he mimed masturbation with the scarf of a nymph, caused a scandal ; he was defended by such artists as Auguste Rodin, Odilon Redon and Marcel Proust.

Morrow won the sprint double in the national college championships and defended his AAU title.

Johnson defended the colored heavyweight title 17 times, which was second only to the 26 times Wills defended the title.

The Pistons successfully defended their title in 1990.

In 1151 he joined Louis in an abortive raid upon Normandy, which had accepted the title of the Empress Matilda, and was now defended by her husband, Geoffrey of Anjou.

Argüello defended this title a few times, then moved up in weight to challenge world Junior Lightweight champion Alfredo Escalera in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, in what has been nicknamed The Bloody Battle of Bayamón by many.

On April 19, 1985, Chávez defended his title against number one ranked contender Ruben Castillo ( 63-4-2 ) by knocking him out in the sixth round.

He successfully defended his WBC Super Featherweight title a total of nine times.

On June 4, 1988, he successfully defended his title against former two-time champion Rafael Limón by scoring a seventh round TKO.

Later that year, he defended his title against number one ranked challenger David Kamau, despite suffering a cut in the opening round.

Ruiz defended the title twice: a controversial draw in a third match against Holyfield where the press believed Holyfield to have won, and a disqualification victory against Kirk Johnson where the Canadian contender was disqualified for repeated low blows in the tenth round.

Trinidad defended his title for the next three years against several opponents.

Laporte defended his title twice, vs Ruben Castillo and Johnny De La Rosa, both 12 rounds decision wins, then lost it to another Puerto Rican world champion, the legendary Wilfredo Gómez.

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.

but he defended the doctrine in The Art Of Happiness, and what indeed could be said against the Epicurean virtues, health, frugality, privacy, culture and friendship??

He courageously defended the rights of small nations, and he stood his ground against the savage attacks of the Communist bloc.

Dick also defended van Vogt against Damon Knight ’ s criticisms:

He defended Arminianism against charges of semi-Pelagianism, holding strongly to beliefs in original sin and total depravity.

Reverend James Freeman Clarke was one of Alcott's few supporters and defended him against the harsh response from Boston periodicals.

During his tenure he publicly defended the Dominicans against attacks by the secular and regular faculty of the University of Paris, commented on St John, and answered what he perceived as errors of the Arabian philosopher Averroes.

Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by his death had become the dominant ruler in England.

However, the Vikings lacked both the equipment necessary to undertake a siege against the burh and a developed doctrine of siegecraft, having tailored their methods of fighting to rapid strikes and unimpeded retreats to well defended fortifications.

Madrid, Aug. 28. Letters from Lisbon bring the following Account from Rio Janeiro: That the St. Augustine, of 70 Guns, having being separated from the Squadron of M. Casa Tilly, was attacked by two Portugueze Ships, against which they defended themselves for a Day and a Night, but being next Day surrounded by the Portugueze Fleet, was obliged to surrender.

During this period, Athanasius completed his work Four Orations against the Arians and defended his own recent conduct in the Apology to Constantius and Apology for His Flight.

The idea was that when the batsman defended against the ball, he would be likely to deflect the ball into the air for a catch.

Named an apostle in, he and Paul the Apostle undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts against the Judaizers.

There is little doubt that the hilly, heavily wooded Ardennes could have been relatively easily defended by the Allies, even against the bulk of the German armoured units.

Furthermore, raising such a large army had denuded Athens of defenders, and thus any secondary attack in the Athenian rear would cut the army off from the city ; and any direct attack on the city could not be defended against.

The coast is a frontier that nations have typically defended against military invaders, smugglers and illegal migrants.

It should be noted, however, the ' formal ' test is criticised for not including consideration of convergent evolution, and Theobald has defended the method against this claim.

Kelly also defended the medium against possible government regulation in the McCarthy era.

In 1965 Eisenhower explicitly defended his strong position against Israel, Britain and France in his memoirs.

His most successful poem, The True-Born Englishman ( 1701 ), defended the king against the perceived xenophobia of his enemies, satirising the English claim to racial purity.

He staunchly defended the biological species concept against the many definitions of " species " that others proposed.

El Cid entered al-Mutamin's service and successfully defended Zaragoza against the assaults of al-Mundhir, Sancho I of Aragón, and Ramón Berenguer II, whom he held captive briefly in 1082.

* a supplement to the last-named work, also against Marcellus, entitled Ecclesiastical Theology, in which he defended the Nicene doctrine of the Logos against the party of Athanasius.