11.   Feinberg defended his efforts, saying that the fund was a much more attractive option for families than the uncertainties of costly, protracted litigation.

12.   Even so, Tunheim defended the effort.

13.   Frank also defended their effort to heighten public awareness and acceptance of homosexuality.

14.   Giuliani has defended his efforts to force people in shelters to work and he has called the removal of homeless people from the street a compassionate act.

15.   Gore still defends those efforts, which led to the recording industry placing warning labels on records with explicit content.

16.   Hastert defended Republican efforts to increase payments to HMOs, especially those in rural areas.

17.   He defended efforts to help Anacostia because of its high unemployment and lack of neighborhood businesses.

18.   He said he would have more to say about it Thursday and then left it to his Republican colleagues to defend his efforts to force a vote.

19.   However, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a member of the leadership team, defended efforts to involve the dissidents.

20.   In an interview, Daschle vigorously defended his efforts.