21.   But Rudenstine is back, defending his record and saying the only ailment he had was indeed exhaustion.

22.   But Roberts defended his record at Montgomery.

23.   Carey passionately defended his record.

24.   Chrysler defended its record on providing shareholder value and said it needed its cash to protect the company during the next recession.

25.   Clearly, the president is itching to take his gloves off, and to jump into the fray to defend the record of his administration.

26.   Clinton strongly defended his record of rewarding longtime supporters with plum political jobs, following the tradition of capitals as small as Little Rock and as large as Washington.

27.   Clinton, however, defended his record as the correct mixture of diplomatic and economic pressures and, finally, force.

28.   Clinton, who has been attacked by Wilson for not paying for federally mandated state services to illegal immigrants, defended his record on the immigration issue.

29.   Cuomo defends his record by pointing out the true, but irrelevant, fact that state taxes in New York are not high by national standards.

30.   Cuomo, defending his record, says the state has tightened its belt more than local governments.