Our task today is to shape our defense capabilities to these changing strategic circumstances.

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In criminal court, defendants are provided with information necessary to the case so that they can appropriately shape a defense.

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But the future shape of the defense business still depends on who wins or loses competitions to build big-ticket weapons.

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But come hurricane season, the structure that resembles a miniature version of the famed Astrodome will double as a hurricane shelter, part of an ambitious storm-defense system that is taking shape along hundreds of miles of the Texas Gulf Coast.

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Outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is worried about the shape of things to come in US foreign policy.

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The judge "had sided with the prosecutors and in fact acted as a 'defense attorney' for the prosecutors who had failed to conduct a proper investigation and shape up the indictment, " Olga Mikhailova told the court.

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The 863 Program took much of its shape from the American research system used by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense: the government appointed panels of experts, who drew up research priorities, called for bids, and awarded contracts.

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