I can imagine a defence lawyer making mincemeat of him if we ever put him up in court.

如果我们一旦让他出庭，我可以想象出辩护律师会把他驳斥得体无完肤。

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The psychological effect of a lead was undoubtedly why teams wanted to avoid falling behind at all costs, and why they generally played it safe by making sure their defence was solid.

取得领先的心理优势，无疑是球队为什么要不惜一切代价避免落后和谨慎地采取严密防守的原因。

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Several Bangladeshi economists have sprung to his defence, making the reasonable point that any transition should be orderly so as not to harm Grameen.

一些孟加拉的经济学们先后为他辩解，声称，任何管理层权力的交接应该有序的，这样才不会对公司有害。

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By making defence planners worry about fighting two nearly-simultaneous wars like that against Iraq in 1991, this rule-of-thumb has made it harder to prepare for the much broader range of threats which lie ahead.

ECONOMIST: Defence policy

As a benign example of how transatlantic teams can stimulate competition in high-tech weapons making, defence analysts cite the fierce competition to supply Britain with an air-to-ground surveillance system.

ECONOMIST: Platform envy

When Jones vacated the belt without making a defence, Ruiz regained the WBA title on an interim basis by beating Hasim Rahman in December 2003, and took full control of the belt with a 2004 win over Fres Oquendo at Madison Square Garden, New York.

BBC: Ex-champion John Ruiz hangs up gloves