1.  Also, the legal defense fund established by President Clinton gives the Speaker some political shield against Democratic attacks.

2.  And Stein said the attention of top executives was diverted to a legal defense just when the company needed them most -- after an earnings debacle.

3.  And what is wrong with rewarding the entrepreneurs who spent their own millions to breach the legal defenses of Fortress Tobacco?

4.  Another option was to establish a legal defense fund similar to the those established by President Clinton to pay his legal bills for the Whitewater and Paula Jones cases.

5.  As a practical matter, this intrusion, if allowed to stand, will deny defendants a capable legal defense.

6.  As for the legal fees, he had a legal defense fund in place and it was always his intention that it would eventually cover his legal expenses.

7.  At the same time, White House allies beseeched the president to do something more dramatic than merely offer a legal defense.

8.  At the same time, Clinton was queried repeatedly by reporters about huge illegal contributions to the Democratic Party and to his legal defense fund.

9.  Bled dry financially and driven deeply into debt in his own legal defense.

10.  Berry and other United Front members contributed money and raised contributions for education, legal defense, housing and other needs in Cairo.