11.  If you suspect it was a fluke that cold and calcuating institutional shareholders investing in a big defense contractor would support him, think again.

12.  Northrop and Raytheon are in a race to win Hughes, the last big defense business available after a broad consolidation in the industry.

13.  Since Georgia is such a big defense state, what does the delegation views on the investigations.

14.  The big defense contractor hopes the cash, plus new defense initiatives by the Bush administration, will help rejuvenate its stagnant share price.

15.  The big defense contractors -- most of them aerospace companies making warplanes, missiles and satellites for the government -- practice a similar migration.

16.  The companies are in a race to win Hughes, the last big defense business available after a broad consolidation in the industry.

17.  The Post, for instance, had just in fact partnered with NBC owner General Electric, a big defense contractor.

18.  While Hughes was the last big defense prize on the market, Northrop Grumman has other options to expand its defense electronics holdings.

19.  Out of government, Rumsfeld has remained involved in big defense issues.

20.  And senators noted that though he has been out of government, Rumsfeld has remained involved in big defense issues.