1.   With Thatcher running amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupied defending what was once thought unassailable.

2.   But defending the canal is a role that has changed enormously in the last century, if only because the nature of war has changed.

3.   Slinging mud about your co-worker is lowering yourself to his level, but defending yourself is not.

4.   The Raiders need Fredrickson, who is effective defending both the run and the pass.