The road forms a distinct and easily defensible edge to the village. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
They have no principle that is defensible from a "liberal" perspective, by which I mean the Enlightenment. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
These cuts, while defensible from a fiscal policy point of view, took a terrible toll on the health-care system. From Wordnik.com. [A Sustainable Future for Health-Care Policy] Reference
• The Clinton Parameters dropped the idea of defensible borders and replaced them with. From Wordnik.com. [Right Truth] Reference
The analyst said GM appears to be downsizing to a "defensible" position and is negotiating a new labor deal. From Wordnik.com. [Signs Of Recovery At GM] Reference
Despite being rejected by Mr. Stanford, many of his ex-lawyers, in interviews, said he was innocent or had a "defensible" case. From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Defense Turns Into Legal Circus] Reference
In the medium term, these policies won't be "defensible," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Market News] Reference
"defensible," based on estimates of individual savings under her own group's similar plan. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
There are some defensible uses of asset-protection plans. From Wordnik.com. [O.J.: Follow The Money?] Reference
The deals for the untested rookies are less easily defensible. From Wordnik.com. [Big Men, Bigger Money] Reference
But it happens to be the most defensible position on the subject. From Wordnik.com. [WHY KERRY IS RIGHT ON IRAQ] Reference
Ostensibly, of course, it was defensible as being "pro-coal miner.". From Wordnik.com. [Video: Webb and Warner Speak at Pro-Coal Industry Rally] Reference
The healing knowledge must come from morally defensible research. From Wordnik.com. [Good and Bad Arguments] Reference
Monday's defensible investment may become Tuesday's silly speculation. From Wordnik.com. [High Finance Roulette] Reference
While transparently political, I think a timeline is defensible as policy. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Obama Through Educator’s Eyes] Reference
The defensible nature of the ground at Corinth, and the fortifications, made. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It's defensible, though, to say there are certain things I'm trying to achieve. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Imperato: Cameron Carpenter -- Taking His Organ on the Road] Reference
The first defensible position was at the Bayou Vermilion, thirty miles south of. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
This place was very strongly intrenched, and naturally a very defensible position. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
This position, naturally a strong and defensible one, was also strongly intrenched. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
We tried to consider everything that was reasonable and was also scientifically defensible. From Wordnik.com. [Decoding Treatment Delays] Reference
This means drawing defensible borders and moving thousands of settlers behind the new lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Only Way Out] Reference
As it happens, there is a defensible, if flawed, case for an American exit from Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [From WikiLeaks to the Killing Fields] Reference
Sensitivities can be a stand-in for a lot of different attitudes, some more defensible than others. From Wordnik.com. [Maybe We All Need Some 'Sensitivity' Training] Reference
Now to the broader issues: In terms of strict journalistic ethics, NEWSWEEK'S position is defensible. From Wordnik.com. [Beneath The Waves] Reference
It goes to the heart of what is morally defensible and what is legal in an advanced liberal democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Extraordinary rendition: just how much did David Miliband know?] Reference
Trying to claim otherwise, which the CEP report attempts to do, simply is not statistically defensible. From Wordnik.com. [A critical look at a report on standardized tests] Reference
It was just one of those places that the ancients loved to fortify, almost insular and easily defensible. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The United States actually has a defensible record on disaster relief (as opposed to aid for development). From Wordnik.com. [HOPE AMID THE RUINS] Reference
Budget deficits are defensible, even advisable, his aides insisted, if caused by tax cuts that spur job growth. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Beltway Battle] Reference
England have got a narrow one and missed out on a narrow one, both of them honest and defensible judgement calls. From Wordnik.com. [England v Pakistan – as it happened!] Reference
It also makes the statute constitutionally much more defensible -- something that the Skylink court does not consider. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
(And while it may be terrible public policy, Prop 8 is unquestionably defensible under existing constitutional doctrine). From Wordnik.com. [Peter Scheer: If Hard-Won Court Victory Against Prop 8 Is Tossed out, You Can Thank Jerry Brown] Reference
The broken nature of the ground would have enabled him to hold a strong defensible line from the river south of the city to the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It may even lead us back to a conservatism no longer unreasoning, but rationally defensible and conscious of its proper limits. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
First, NATO troops may pull U.N. personnel out of the isolated enclaves in the east (map) into defensible locations like Tuzla. From Wordnik.com. [Mapping Out The Plans For A Pullout] Reference
He had made the defensible news judgment that "" Nightline '' would better serve its viewers by dealing with some other subject. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Journalism] Reference
During the night the garrison retreated into a still smaller and more defensible part of the town, committing the rest to flames. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The new Nano also nixes not only the older unit's ability to record video, a defensible move, but also its video-playback options. From Wordnik.com. [With new line of iPods, smaller isn't always better] Reference
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