1.   And while the presence of Lindbergh helped define the life of the United States, his absences helped define the life of his family.

2.   As she was busy defying AIDS, the disease, in turn, defined her life.

3.   As the plot strips away half-truths that had defined his life, McKnight must confront realities he had never suspected.

4.   At the same time, the life-and-death issues that define Family life metastasized.

5.   A man whose entire adult life had been defined by running was finally standing still.

6.   After four months of violence, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has come again, inescapably, to define life in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

7.   But by the end of our time she is clearly chafing to get back with those who define her life more adroitly than I do.

8.   But often they do, and, in many ways, this tension defines the life of Muslims in Europe.

9.   Does his single act of cannibalism really define his life?

10.   Ending the civil war, many say, means ending the poverty that defines the lives of many Colombian peasants.