61.   Hirsch denies ever being paid to recommend a stock, and defends his right to enter into outside business arrangements.

62.   Historians still argue about whether Said rebelled to defend Kurdish rights or to establish religious rule in Turkey.

63.   Hudock heatedly defended his right to question jurors on the subject Friday.

64.   However, Ashcroft defended the right of presidents to grant pardons.

65.   I will defend the right of Americans to smoke.

66.   In Italy, the more conservative daily Corriere urged anti-war demonstrators to consider carefully the need to defend the rights of Western democracies.

67.   Many callers defended the right of the intruders to enter the clinic as a valid tactic to thwart the staff, whom they called murderers.

68.   Mayor Neil Giuliano and council members Linda Spears and Carol Smith defended their rights to buy the tickets.

69.   Most players said they felt the union was playing the proper role in defending their right to take andro while pushing for more definitive information.

70.   Ms. Burstein has said she wants to use the office to defend the rights of the elderly, consumers and other groups.