The jurors seemed to pay close attention to Defense Attorney Robert Shapiro as he held a knife and demonstrated different ways of holding it and thrusting it at an invisible victim.
Finally, although today is about our defense strategy, I want to close with a word about the defense budget that will flow from this strategy.
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Two weeks ago, despite the 23-13 scoreline, England's mediocre tackling came in for some close scrutiny after its defense was carved apart by the individual brilliance of Wesley Fofana at Twickenham his more than 50-yard solo run for a try remains one of the highlights of this year's Six Nations.
Legal sources close to Espy's defense team told CNN that prosecutors have laid "not a finger on him, " as the seventh day of the trial continues.
Claims that homeowners often use guns for legitimate self-defense dwindle away on close examination.
It will be a complex merger, since both companies have close and sensitive relationships with the defense agencies of the countries they do business in.
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As a close observer of the debate over defense spending now consuming this Committee, its House counterpart and countless other organizations and forums in Washington and elsewhere, I have the unsettling sensation that I am witnessing a binge by people determined to count the proverbial chickens before they are hatched.
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The bottle, one knife and an empty knife case were found in a bag close to the crime scene at La Defense.
The plan for Greece wasn't complicated or surprising: Sit back and try to withstand the attacks, keep the game close and hope to catch the German defense dozing.
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When U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Israel on March 20th for an official state visit to the richly historic country, his itinerary will include a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, a stop at the Israel Museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a close-up look at a missile defense battery.
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The defense suggested investigators may have come close to entrapping Hassoun, arguing the paid informant egged Hassoun on to acquiesce to ever-more ominous-sounding plots.
Anyone who knows enough information about the case to be a useful defense witness often will be sufficiently close to the alleged wrongdoing that the prosecutor might bring charges after the testimony.
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The key defense is the familiar one of staying close to other hikers, at least some of whom you can outrun.
Obviously, though, anyone who has served in the military and works at a defense plant is likely to be paying close attention to military matters in this election season.
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In one of the e-mail messages released by the committee, there is a reference to a request by Lewis as to whether he could use as a defense the government forcing the deal to close to preserve systemic soundness.
People close to the case say it is coming but this defense, or lack of one, may be a sign of the new defense for white-collar crimes.
Prosecutors say they have asked a federal judge to overrule defense objections and permit Sharon Lee, a close aide to the comptroller who once served as his press secretary, to testify in the coming trial of Mr. Liu's former campaign treasurer and a former fundraiser.
Before a gag order was imposed in April by the judge, a source close to the case told CNN's Jason Carroll the defense would argue the letters in question were not inappropriate.
If there are no comparable bruises or grass stains and if the bullet wound and powder residue establish that the gun was fired at very close range, this too might support a claim of self-defense.
On Wednesday, a U.S. official close to the Iraqi High Tribunal said the issue of security for the defense attorneys is expected to be addressed when the trial resumes.
Kentucky stayed close for the first 10 minutes with their "40 minutes of dread" defense.
But to Jordan it always mattered--playing good defense, he was taught at North Carolina, was what won close games, and what he always hungered for was championships, not individual honors.
Irving responded for the Cavs with a left-handed layup, but on New York's next trip, Chandler did a nice job tapping out a miss by Stoudemire and Cleveland had to foul Kidd, who couldn't close it out at the line and the Knicks had to turn to their defense to complete the comeback.
Current U.S. spending of 3.8% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defense programs is astonishingly lower than the 38% spent at the close of WWII, the 11.7% spent during the Korean War, the 9.8% spent at the height of the Vietnam War, or the average of 5.2% spent during the last decade of the Cold War.
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Economists pay close attention to so-called core capital goods orders because they strip out more volatile defense and aircraft orders.
Two unmanned drones were able to fly close enough together for an automated refuel to take place, in tests carried out by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).
After playing much of the season without John Wall, Nene and assorted other injured players, Washington's roster is finally close to full health and is starting to excel at the hardest part of the game: defense.
Those close to Romney say that's exactly the type of scrappy, quick-witted response in defense of his boss that makes Fehrnstrom, a top-level adviser, such an asset to the campaign.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the decisive vote in close cases, joined the four more liberal justices in raising questions about a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that is being challenged at the court.
"(Egypt's) intention is to close the border and I assess that it will take a certain amount of time, " the Israeli defense minister said.
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