11.  -- Gingrich, a strong defender of a strong defense, never went to Vietnam.

12.  A citadel alludes to a strong defense as well as to Hue, a city in Vietnam.

13.  A strong defense.

14.  A strong defense, as reflected in an ever-increasing military budget, has always been popular.

15.  A strong defense that leaped from last in the league two years ago to fourth last year.

16.  But it was the totality of the conquest and the utter demolition of a supposedly strong defense that had to open eyes and cause jaws to drop.

17.  But our assumption is we play strong defense and we let the offense flow from that.

18.  But the Egyptian president also issued a strong defense of his country.

19.  Butler gave a strong defense of his report Thursday, denying that it was timed to trump the impeachment vote.

20.  But, more important, he did not need a strong defense, because of the profound weakness of the campaign finance rules he was accused of violating.