71.  Union troops had once gathered near the site of the tower, setting up defensive positions on what was known as Cemetery Ridge.

72.  When teams try to break, they often find the Spurs back because their perimeter players were in good defensive position even when their team had the ball.

73.  With their attacks, the Afghan resistance forced the Taliban and al-Qaida to take up defensive positions, which were highly vulnerable to airstrikes.

74.  Yugoslav military forces have also been seen recently taking defensive positions in the area, a Western diplomat said.

75.  Overnight, the rebels pulled back to defensive positions in the wooded hills above Tetovo.

76.  A substantial number of attacks were against vehicles in camouflaged defensive positions, NATO said.

77.  Alliance commanders said the Taliban had been strengthening their own defensive positions north of Kabul in anticipation of an attack on the city.

78.  And in recent weeks they have been digging defensive positions along the Albanian and Macedonia borders in apparent preparation for a NATO land invasion, Bacon said.

79.  An Ethiopian helicopter gunship fired on Eritreans entrenched in their defensive positions.

80.  As reporters hid behind vehicles, German soldiers took up defensive positions below the hill from which the fire was coming.