That is especially true of the Washington hands who so heartily welcomed the retention of the Bush administration's secretary of defense on the grounds that he was a "centrist, " "non-partisan" and technocrat-turned-statesman.

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He noted that Napster's defense on these grounds would likely only stand if the company could show that the effect of altering the technology would be devastating to a large segment of society.

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Bush, accompanied by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, walked the grounds near the point of impact, which still smoldered.

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Another analysis by retired intelligence officer William Lee makes clear moreover, that -- even if the Treaty were still in effect -- the fact that first the USSR and subsequently Russia deployed and maintained a prohibited territorial defense against ballistic missile attack would offer grounds to declare the Treaty null and void.

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Yet successive defense programs have justified reductions in force structure on the grounds that quantitative improvements in platforms, systems, and manpower allow commanders to do the same or even more with less.

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" Defense lawyers applied to have the case dismissed on the grounds that the attorney-general had acted in bad faith when amending the charges, but the judge ruled for the prosecution, stating that this was "just a simple amendment of a charge.

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Despite a sovereign immunity defense from the IRS, the Bankruptcy Court held that the debtor corporation could recover the extra funds on fraudulent transfer grounds.

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