1.   As for the Democrats, they are stuck in a defensive mode, with denunciations of Republican negativism.

2.   At sea, the threat from missiles probably would drive both naval forces into a defensive mode, experts say.

3.   Both teams then settled into a defensive mode and went away happy with the tie.

4.   But it has put legislative sponsors of the measure in a defensive mode, at least for the moment.

5.   Each time the Knicks have retreated into that defensive mode of old, they have lost.

6.   Even in its defensive mode, Dallas did its share of counterattacking as Dir rotated his lineup liberally to keep it as fresh as possible.

7.   However, the Revolution will doubtless revert to the defensive mode which marked their early-season progress.

8.   In long investigations, like the Unabom case, bomb technicians and other specialists often got bogged down into a defensive mode, one FBI technical expert said.

9.   Once the body learns to tolerate itself, the immune system shifts to the more familiar defensive mode.

10.   The Revolution would be wise to revert to a defensive mode because in the playoffs, a shootout victory has the same value as a regulation-time win.