11.   Neither Harper nor Greg Anthony, two strong defenders, were able to keep Van Exel out of the lane.

12.   Ms. Wooten has been a strong defender of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in a district where the mayor did poorly at the polls four years ago.

13.   On the other hand, Campbell has been a strong defender of affirmative action.

14.   Shays, however, was a strong defender of Gingrich during his ethics troubles over a multi-million dollar book contract.

15.   They already believed that Ailes had gone too far in hiring Geraldo Rivera, a strong defender of Bill Clinton during the impeachment hearings.

16.   Three minutes into the game, Italy lost its strong young defender, Alessandro Nesta, to a twisted right knee when he was fouled by Heimo Pfeifenberger.

17.   Fyodorov is considered a strong defender of the rights of minority shareholders.

18.   Murkowski, a strong defender of logging activities in the Tongass, also has argued that restricting forest development will put off limits large resources of natural gas.

19.   Neither Jones nor Buford is a particularly strong defender.

20.   Sunderland director of football operations Mark Blackbourne said Babb was a strong defender with excellent pace.