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But in 1998, he sensed the urgency and the utility of taking impeachment on directly—and certainly not defensively.

“That was the decision of the lawyers,” Sharpton says defensively in the Times interview.

The Patriot subset that declines to accept racism continues to cope with the issue unevenly and defensively.

But Boredom, defensively subtitled A Lively History, is in fact a spirited, no-nonsense guide to a surprisingly contentious topic.

“I got them when I was in medical school but I never wore them,” she said, a little too defensively.

She was not so dull, however, but that she began to feel that Mrs. Bassett was speaking defensively of Marian.

They were armed defensively with a shield, and offensively with a curved sword, and a flintlock musket slung at the saddle-bow.

The other eyed her defensively and she tried to tidy her hair with hands that shook.

Nelsen knew that, through the months, he had killed defensively at least twice.

"Oh, I don't think that's her character," said Miss Cotton, ruffling her feathers defensively.