1.  But in a sign of the increasingly ugly mood toward America, two leading Russian politicians characterized the attack as a legitimate response to NATO airstrikes.

2.  Representatives of Malaysia and Bosnia said it did, but others argued that the violence was a legitimate response to occupation.

3.  Schmalensee had testified in January that Microsoft lacked monopoly power and that its actions were a legitimate response to intense competitive pressures.

4.  The authors of the California initiative contend that while affirmative action may have once been a legitimate response to the grievances of blacks, it has gone too far.

5.  Western officials defended the move as a legitimate response to prevent violence and perhaps even a coup.

6.  Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, meanwhile, defended the proposed death penalty for Arabs who sell property to Jews as a legitimate response to Israeli policies.

7.  Resistance is a legitimate response, Maher said Wednesday.

8.  Resistance is a legitimate response, Maher said.