1.  At a rodeo in Billings, organizers offer literature defending their treatment of livestock to counter animal-rights objections.

2.  Congressional Democrats were quick to defend their treatment of North.

3.  But in the past, Bakaly has defended the treatment of Ms. Lewinsky as ethical.

4.  Gingrich defended the treatment of hospitals, saying that under any scenario they would get more money than they are getting this year.

5.  Herron did not respond to requests for an interview, but government officials staunchly defend their treatment of Aborigines.

6.  I wonder how many officials would continue to defend such treatment if they had to endure it.

7.  In an interview at his home, which he kept brief, Lothringer defended his treatment, saying that the girl herself wanted to go off her medication.

8.  Kennedy defended the treatment of the options, saying they were a private matter unrelated to his role at Citizens.

9.  Parents of clients at the center, however, defend the treatment as a last ditch effort to stop behavior such as head banging and eye gouging.