When challenged, Stokes was observed to defend herself against critics with messages claimed as containing accurate information by her sitters.

Now, he may well have to defend the idea against critics who will point out how those accounts would have declined in the past year.

His mission: to defend his boss against critics who say they cannot understand the Clinton foreign policy.

Dumas was a devout Catholic who would often defend Christian views against critics.

The agency also must defend itself against critics of the accuracy of its telephone information.

However, McKinnell received record compensation which he staunchly defended against critics.

She has a very positive view of Wal-Mart and its impact on society, defending it against critics who argue that it hurts small business.

Wanted: two people to help defend the nation's largest retailer against critics.

While early associations often understood their role as rendering homage to the writer or defending him against critics, they focus today more on research.

He greatly admired Williams and publicly defended him against critics who said that the playwright's work had declined in his later years.