1.   But the defense came on strong in the playoffs.

2.   And the defense came alive in the second half.

3.   And then the defense came through, literally burying Hutchinson under its most ferocious pass rush of the game, a sequence that forced a Stanford punt.

4.   Arkansas took possession on its three before the UT defense came close to recording a safety on back-to-back plays.

5.   Before thwarting Davis in the fourth quarter, the Tech defense came up with a big goal-line stand in the second.

6.   After deciding on a trial before a judge instead of a jury, the defense came under extraordinary, and unusual, scrutiny Friday.

7.   But even when a defense comes up with something special, it is hard to rein him in.

8.   But the defense came to the rescue.

9.   But the strongest defense of Vallone came from the other candidates, Charles Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney, and James Larocca, a former state transportation commissioner.