1.   And because so few women keep their birth names, she said, the women who want to do this may feel they need to defend their choice.

2.   Another sign you own too many funds is not being able to defend your choices logically.

3.   Bookstaver defended the choice.

4.   But despite the compromises, Yevgeny Kiselyov, the leader of the team of journalists, defended their choices.

5.   But the company defended the choice.

6.   Company executives defended their choice, Browett recalled in a recent interview, as worth the expense because it enabled them to start up sooner.

7.   Consignia and Dragon Brands, a London company that devised the name, defended their choice, but said the entire exercise had been misunderstood.

8.   Defending these choices, officials say they provide equally good assistance for less money.

9.   Ferris defended the choice.

10.   Fitzpatrick defends the choice of Hartman as a researcher.