71.   They did not want trading to start until they were fully confident of their ability to serve their customers and defend proprietary positions in the market.

72.   This week, Trent Lott, the Senate majority leader, defended the position.

73.   Ultimately, the entire staff gets involved as the combatants defend their positions.

74.   Whether he can defend that position is another matter.

75.   Power officials said the strike leaders would be given a chance to defend their position before a disciplinary committee on Monday.

76.   ... the Japanese must be told that Australia will not back away from defending a position which is not only right but necessary.

77.   A U.N. envoy under fire in Israel for remarks critical of Israeli military operations in the West Bank has defended his position and won the sympathy of Lebanese officials.

78.   Adversaries of organized labor accuse unions of political expediency -- supporting conflicting agendas as they struggle to defend outdated positions.

79.   An aggrieved Puk has now come out to publicly defend his position.

80.   Both Vietnam and China say the waters fall within their territorial rights, citing the United Nations Law of the Sea to defend their positions.