31.   His second-in-command is a former top Hughes executive, Ken C. Dahlberg, who was named president and chief operating officer of the new defense subsidiary.

32.   Human Resources Minister Doug Young becomes the new defense minister, with Quebecer Pierre Pettigrew taking up his Human Resources portfolio.

33.   In doing so, it dismissed the relevance of the recantation of a key witness and of a new defense theory about ballistics evidence.

34.   In September, Bellesiles offered a new defense.

35.   In time, after costly trial and error, the new defense will surely leapfrog the old offense, as it always does.

36.   Independent arms-control experts said research for new defenses against biological weapons and terrorism is long overdue.

37.   Japan and the U.S. on Monday agreed to review their mutual defense cooperation in emergency situations and to establish a new defense study group, officials in Tokyo said.

38.   Kirkland admits to struggling a bit while learning a new defense and his role in it.

39.   Lett and Hennings, who is playing nose tackle in the new defense, clogged up the middle, enabling the linebackers to pursue from the outside.

40.   Many of the most experienced lawyers and supervisors have fled the Legal Aid Society to take jobs with the new defense groups established by the mayor.