91.   Glossing over that fact may draw some criticism, Lopez admits, but she defends the decision.

92.   He cites two arguments defending his decision.

93.   He defended his decision not to promote Friedlander, and said he instructed the department chairman to stop supervising the woman he was seeing.

94.   He defended his decision on Friday to establish contact with Pedro Carmona Estanga, the business leader who sought to replace Chavez.

95.   He defended the decision not to count submarines and bombers in overhaul.

96.   He also defends his decision to do musicals, having long disputed any distinction between what is artistically worthy and what is commercially popular.

97.   He defended his decisions.

98.   Hong Kong officials spent the week defending the decision to intervene in the market.

99.   However, he defends the decision to let the government set up a dome tent covered with aluminum-coated space blankets.

100.   Hospital officials defended their decision to release him without further tests, saying they felt that they had responded properly to the symptoms they saw.