91.   The committee may propose to amend the new BOT Act, in order to defend the use of public funds in future, he said.

92.   The demonstrators said they had permission to stage their protest, but police defended their use of force to break up a meeting that they said was not sanctioned.

93.   The premier also defended the use of animals in scientific research, saying it had helped develop a meningitis vaccine and combined drug therapy for HIV infection.

94.   The U.S. Defense Department has defended the use of the uranium, saying the rounds contained no more health risk than conventional weapons.

95.   The United States and Britain defended the use of sanctions Wednesday and questioned a proposal by the U.N. chief to reform the system of imposing economic embargoes.

96.   U.S. officials have defended the use of force, saying they did not know whether there were weapons in the home or what kind of resistance agents might encounter.

97.   Yassin defended the use of strict Islamic penalties, which are in force in most of Sudan, arguing that they deter crime.

98.   A dissident nationalist group fingered in the weekend car bomb attack in Enniskillen has repeatedly denied having a military wing, even while defending the use of violence.

99.   But Vogts has no dicciculty defending his use of the tried and trusted.

100.   China defended its use of the death penalty Friday as a necessary evil to combat crime after the UN Human Rights Commission passed a resolution condemning all capital punishment.