• Often, by being in a defensive position, we answer the questions asked without addressing the person asking the question.

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  • Delgado wasn't bad either, though he was barely in the top 20 among hitters, played the easiest defensive position and missed 19 games.

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  • Dedicated fans (this editor among them) quickly fell into a defensive position, dismissing EA's abandonment of the platform with promises of Nintendo's own first-party wonders.

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  • Like Granville, Butterfield got forward at every opportunity from his defensive position and on 55 minutes another of his shots flashed just past Vince Bartram's right-hand post.

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  • At the same time House Republicans should pass bills that will put them on the side of the angels and put the Democrats in an uncomfortable defensive position.

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  • So to Hooker, who had been there at Fredericksburg, certainty meant fighting from an advantaged defensive position, and he knew how to force the Confederates to do just that.

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  • This is a defensive position.

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  • But when concerns with those kinds of statements could no longer be ignored, DOD responded by issuing a narrowly focused, technocratic, and purely defensive position that fails to demonstrate any serious thinking about the nature of cyberpower and how it relates to the other elements of military and national power.

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  • He is somebody that when he reaches his full potential, I think he could be a tremendous pass rusher and somebody that will be able to change the game at the defensive end position.

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  • If we drop below 1, 265 or 1, 260, I would, sincerely, move into a cash position or certainly more defensive than I even am.

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  • Abraham Idrijani, a Philippine-based representative for the clansmen, said Kiram has ordered the group in Sabah to observe a unilateral ceasefire starting Thursday afternoon by holding their current position and taking a defensive posture.

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  • He's had Mathias Kiwanuka in the linebacker room as well, but the former defensive end was making the transition to his new position and he turned to Boley at times too.

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  • He will be 39 years old by then, already poor in fielding range by every known defensive metric, trying to play the most physically demanding position on the diamond.

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  • The stiffest penalty handed down -- an indefinite ban -- was given to Gregg Williams, the Saints defensive coordinator who, over the offseason, moved to take that same position with the St.

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  • Perhaps because his position is so seemingly secure, and his assets so considerable, Hennessy rarely appears defensive.

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  • Instead of being on the defensive from the beginning of the next round of legislating, the Democrats will be starting from a position of strength.

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