1.   His opinion for the preliminary injunction was a forceful defense of the rights of the Mitchell trusts, and he may now grant a permanent injunction.

2.   In a forceful defense, Skilling said the collapse of the company was not his fault.

3.   Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., gave perhaps the most forceful defense of the vice president.

4.   The base he has built with his forceful defense of bedrock family values and economic nationalism may have reached its limits.

5.   Bush offered a forceful defense of such programs.

6.   Bush said he was assembling a national energy plan, and gave a forceful defense of some environmental policies for which he has received criticism.