The pony herd was the one flaw in our defense ; ;

Nothing was going to be done this year to celebrate Garibaldi's bold and unsuccessful defense of Rome.

This statement recalls the 1959 Berlin crisis, when President Eisenhower first told reporters that Berlin could not be defended with conventional weapons and then added that a nuclear defense was out of the picture too.

Overwhelmed with the care of five young children and concerned about persistent economic difficulties due to her husband's marginal income, her defense of denial was excessively strong.

As a result, it was decided that a mail questionnaire sent to a large number of companies would be more effective in determining the general practices and opinions of small firms and in highlighting some of the fundamental and recurring problems of defense procurement that concern both industry and government.

The questionnaire was designed to elicit three types of information: ( 1 ) the facts regarding certain characteristics of the respondents, including their experience with, and interest in, securing defense business ; ;

The objective of the study was to determine the opinions and practices of small firms selling to defense programs.

The first was a list of fourteen manufacturing companies located in the state of Washington which were personally known to the research team to be active in defense work.

It was compiled as a control sample to determine if the opinions and practices of companies on the lists submitted by the members of the Aerospace Industries Association were materially different from those of other small firms selling to defense programs.

It was concluded that it would be appropriate to process the two groups of responses as a single sample of all small businesses engaged in, or wishing to sell to, defense programs.

In Blanche's defense, it must be said she was unaware of the newborn hope.

The disclosure by Charles Bellows, chief defense counsel, startled observers and was viewed as the prelude to a quarrel between the six attorneys representing the eight former policemen now on trial.

Barnard, who pleaded no defense to manslaughter and hit-run charges, was fined $500 by Judge Warren K. Hess, and placed on two years' probation providing he does not drive during that time.

The Portland school board was asked Monday to take a positive stand towards developing and coordinating with Portland's civil defense more plans for the city's schools in event of attack.

) The House, which had passed its smaller appropriation before the President's urgent call for more, was expected to go along with the increased defense budget in short order.

Adam, beset by changing defense conditions and the open secret that he was part of the new corporation, couldn't deliver from his end.

In law, an answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to someone or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a problem.

Johnston was to provide the defense of the Texas border against Mexican invasion, and in 1839 conducted a campaign against Indians in northern Texas.

Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River, although in a better location, also was not well – site, had a vulnerable land side and did not have enough heavy artillery for its defense against gunboats.

A social movement that was individualist, egalitarian and perfectionist grew to a political democratic majority attacking slavery, and slavery ’ s defense in the Southern pre-industrial traditional society brought the two sides to war.

The document was signed for Russia by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and Industry Minister Ilya Klebanov, while Prime Minister Andranik Markarian and defense and security strongman Serge Sarkisian signed for Armenia.

He went, his eloquence in defense of the Church reportedly overawed the ministers of Emperor Valentinian, so he was permitted to retire without making the surrender of the churches.

In November 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president after a campaign that promised American superiority over the Soviet Union in the fields of space exploration and missile defense.

Among the last of his labors was the defense of the orthodoxy of his former pupil, Thomas Aquinas, whose death in 1274 grieved Albertus ( the story that he travelled to Paris in person to defend the teachings of Aquinas can not be confirmed ).

The city was continually harassed with cavalry raids conducted by Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, while Johnson undertook as best he could the defense of the city.

This allowed ARPA to concentrate its efforts on the Project Defender ( defense against ballistic missiles ), Project Vela ( nuclear test detection ), and Project AGILE ( counterinsurgency R & D ) Programs, and to begin work on computer processing, behavioral sciences, and materials sciences.

Residents of the U. S. are generally allowed to own firearms, keep them in their homes, and use them for recreational purposes or for necessary personal defense.

Unlike in basketball, where players are allowed to commit only 5 fouls in a game ( 6 in the NBA ), handball players are allowed an unlimited number of faults, which are considered good defense and disruptive to the attacking team's rhythm.

In 1981, the Colts defense allowed an NFL-record 533 points, set an all-time record for fewest sacks ( 13 ) and also set a modern record for fewest punt returns ( 12 ).

The test has much more lenient guideline for the insanity defense, but it addressed the issue of convicting mentally ill defendants, which was allowed under the M ' Naghten Rule.

In each of his first five seasons, Jack Del Rio's defense ranked in the top 10 in yards allowed.

The Americans taking over the island garrison allowed Australian troops use it for mainland defense.

The defense of laches resembles, but is not entirely analogous to, a plea that the period of time allowed under a statute of limitations has expired.

In essence, the range of their counter-weighted sarissa, allowed them superior mobility as well as superior defense and attack abilities despite the encumbrance disadvantages of the longer weapon once trained up to handling it in formation.

Consequently, the English Bill of Rights ( 1689 ) declared, amongst other things: " that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law ..." and " that the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defense suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law.

" It was held that this was sufficient to show that although the defendant was suffering from a mental illness, he was aware that his act was wrong, and the defense was not allowed.

In the end, his efforts were negated by a defense that couldn't get enough stops and a late TD run by Marshawn Lynch breaking nearly a half-dozen tackles with 3: 22 left which allowed Seattle to finish off the Saints.

Once the time allowed for a case by a statute of limitations runs out, if a party raises it as a defense and that defense is accepted, any further litigation is foreclosed.

The Bears ' defense, " 46 Zone ", allowed the fewest points ( 198 ), total yards ( 4, 135 ), and fewest rushing of any team during the regular season ( 1, 319 ).

New England's defense ranked 5th in the league in fewest yards allowed ( 5, 048 ).

A variant of the defense in the previous paragraph is to have a double-layer of detection of the exploit ; both of which are kept secret but one is allowed to be " leaked ".

The Packers defense, however, allowed only 209 points, the 3rd best in the NFL.

The Chiefs defense led the AFL in fewest points allowed ( 177 ).

But the Steelers ' main strength during the season was their staunch " Steel Curtain " defense, which led the league with the fewest total yards allowed ( 3, 074 ) and the fewest passing yards allowed ( 1, 466 ).

Meanwhile, Minnesota allowed only a combined 24 points in their playoff wins against the St. Louis Cardinals, 30-14, and their narrow defeat of the Los Angeles Rams, 14-10, after their defense stopped an attempted comeback touchdown drive from the Rams on the Vikings ' own 2-yard line.

The Steelers ' " Steel Curtain " defense dominated the league, ranking third in fewest yards allowed ( 4, 019 ) and sending 8 of their 11 starters to the Pro Bowl: defensive linemen Joe Greene and L. C. Greenwood ; future Hall of Fame linebackers Jack Ham and Jack Lambert ; Andy Russell, the team's third starting linebacker ; future Hall of Fame defensive back Mel Blount ; and safeties Glen Edwards and Mike Wagner.