1.   Although the banishment might sound harsh, tribal spokesman Rudy James defended the practice as being part of the Indian custom.

2.   Americans expect governments and their agents to defend their practices in court.

3.   As one office of state government defends the practice, another is attacking it.

4.   At the Cathay Theater, Wang defended his practice of showing more American films than Chinese ones on esthetic grounds.

5.   At the time, the historians said, Americans defended the practice on utilitarian grounds, because of the perceived seriousness of the Soviet threat to the West.

6.   Bachus defended the practice of outside groups paying for the trips.

7.   Bid committee spokesman Lee Echols defends the practice.

8.   Boots, who said he is not involved in smuggling, still defends the practice.

9.   Both Ziv and Genpharm president Bruce Simpson said they were unaware of the WHO guideline but defended the practice, saying the drugs were good.

10.   After initially defending its practices, the Gap acknowledged discovering abuses by its Salvadoran contractor.