21.   In retaining Sullivan, Cisneros signaled that he was preparing to mount a vigorous defense.

22.   In the first few days after the January reports, Gore issued a vigorous defense of the president.

23.   In what seems an effort to win over wavering moderates, the White House has promised a vigorous defense before the judiciary panel.

24.   Intel has vowed a vigorous defense.

25.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani reacted to the decision with a vigorous defense of the police force, which he has often said has been unfairly judged.

26.   Nussbaum, who was forced to resign his White House post in March over his actions in the Whitewater affair, offered a vigorous defense Thursday of his behavior.

27.   The administration launched a vigorous defense of Brown, the latest target for investigation.

28.   The defense attorneys gave McVeigh a vigorous defense without making a mockery of legal ethics and courtroom decorum.

29.   The school administrators, though they supported her, should have mounted a more vigorous defense against the ridiculous racism charge.

30.   Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers set the tone Tuesday by promising to mount a vigorous defense of the benefit of trade and globalization for average Americans.