111.   Interim coach Bill Oliver defended his decision to fire offensive coordinator Rodney Allison.

112.   It also seems unfair to criticize Rumsfeld for not defending his decisions before he has fully made up his mind.

113.   Kadish also defended a decision to classify some test results that he said could aid an enemy in developing countermeasures for missile defense.

114.   Klintmalm defended the decision to implant the liver and said they had run a variety of tests and none could have predicted a hepatoma.

115.   Later she again defended her decision to march on Fifth Avenue, after she got heckled speaking to the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats in Greenwich Village.

116.   Kerry, like his colleagues, defended his decision to raise soft money.

117.   LeBow has defended his decision by saying the tobacco industry will eventually have to settle in order to survive.

118.   Klintmalm defended the decision to implant the liver, saying they had run a variety of tests and none could have predicted a hepatoma.

119.   Leadbetter defended the decision to turn pro because he believes there was no other decision.

120.   Macedonian officials defended their decision to push the refugees out of the encampment along the border.