1.  The French, trying to expand, were taken aback by the collective ferocity of the Irish defensive response.

2.  But the modern experience has been that everything comes out, and that when the process starts, it overwhelms the classic defensive responses.

3.  In the first two games of this series, the Cleveland players would call out a play and the Knicks players would call out the defensive response.

4.  Most notably, the body reacts to the machine with a defensive systemic inflammatory response in which the body tries to fight the machine.

5.  Some experts worry that even in developing defensive responses to biological warfare, the United States is contributing to the escalation of the germ arms race.

6.  The Pentagon says the air strikes are merely defensive responses to the provocations, meant to protect the pilots.

7.  Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said it was a defensive response to attacks by greedy currency speculators.

8.  Kohl signaled in advance of his four-day visit that he would bring up human rights, though the issue often elicits a defensive response from Indonesian officials.

9.  Relying on defensive responses will simply fail to do the trick.

10.  The defensive responses of most companies are prudent ones, but these are not enough to take advantage of the competitive opportunities the economic problem offers.