11.   Microsoft then will begin its defense by calling another top economist from MIT to the stand.

12.   Milosevic, pointing his finger and thumping the desk, began his defense with the war in the Serbian province of Kosovo.

13.   On Friday, the Chicago Bulls begin the defense of their title when they play host to the Washington Bullets.

14.   On the site, he began a defense of what he describes as a basic American right to drive any type of vehicle.

15.   She refused, and ordered them to begin their defense.

16.   So it was that Green was in Miami when the Lakers began their NBA title defense.

17.   So far, this style has the Knicks beginning their defense of the Eastern Conference title with preseason losses to Philadelphia and Cleveland.

18.   Stanford flies into L.A. tonight, holds a practice Thursday and begins defense of its NCAA tennis title Saturday morning, against Harvard.

19.   The American League West-leading Rangers began defense of that position with a thud.

20.   The Chicago Bulls begin defense of their fourth league title in Boston against the Celtics.