1.   A stronger peso makes stocks worth more and reduces the likelihood that interest rates will rise to defend its value.

2.   Darden rose to defend himself, pointedly spurning the lectern that Shapiro had just vacated.

3.   On Capitol Hill, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rose to defend Starr.

4.   The audience gasped, Carden says, but then someone rose to defend the director, drawing a round of applause.

5.   While almost everyone connected with PBS is now rising to defend it, some acknowledge in interviews that there have been shortcomings in the last couple of years.

6.   Ron Nolte told the judge that on the night of crime, he rose to defend his wife from an intruder.