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  • A willing tackler who's averaged nearly 80 stops per season over his career, he finished second to Jason Taylor in Defensive

    NFL's best corner: Was there anyone better than Deion? 2008

  • Kirilenko, who finished fifth in Defensive Player of the Year voting last season, helped the Utah defense hold the Lakers - sluggish in playing their second game in as many days - to a franchise-low 29 percent shooting.

    USATODAY.com 2004

  • The Russell Defensive & Dynamic Indexes split the broad global equity market in half based on a combination of stability factors; the more stable half is called "Defensive" and the less stable half is called "Dynamic."

    뉴스와이어 : 전체보도자료 2011

  • The Russell Defensive and Dynamic Indexes split the broad global equity market in half based on a combination of stability factors; the more stable half of the market is called "Defensive" and the less stable half is called "Dynamic."

    뉴스와이어 : 전체보도자료 2011

  • He has promised to reverse "don't ask, don't tell," he has promised to try to seek the repeal of what's called the Defensive of Marriage Act, a federal law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

    CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2009 2009

  • He founded a small militant anti-abortion group known as Defensive Action, and appeared on "Donahue," "Nightline" and CNN defending Gunn's murder as "a fulfillment of the commandment of Christ."

    Is Murder 'Justifiable Homicide'? 2008

  • Two-time All-Conference first-team choice and was also named the Defensive Player of the Year by the Clovis Exchange Club and Buchanan High's Most Outstanding Player in both football and track in 2001. ...

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • Also named the Defensive MVP of the ACC region and co-MVP nationally by the same publication ...

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • The two-time All-Conference first-team choice was also named the Defensive Player of the Year by the Clovis Exchange Club and Buchanan High's Most Outstanding Player in both football and track in 2001.

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • But that Move is Sanctioned in Law ONLY when you are ON the Defensive, that is also why soldiers Die Holding the Line, and Another one steps up from behind them to take their place, to Defend .....

    OpEdNews - Diary: Time Is On Our Side 2006

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