For one, the top programs are not depleted by early defections to the pros, which has made the power teams in men's basketball vulnerable to more experienced teams from midmajor conferences.

Wolff painted Rommel as "politically unreliable" and argued that Kesselring's presence in southern Italy was vital to prevent an early Italian defection.

Injuries and early defections were blamed for this.

During the Second Chechen War Saidullaev was reported of being instrumental in the early defections of several Chechen commanders to the Russian side.

One board official who spoke on condition of anonymity speculated that Dr. Matthews's hand was forced by the earlier defection of Ninfa Segarra, the Bronx member of the board.

And while she now said she would be willing to take another look at him, her view is colored by Mr. Perot's earlier defection.

This was one of the measures taken after an earlier defection by another PLAAF pilot Liu Zhiyuan on November 19, 1987.

They didn't return to the Wimmera league until 1930, as they were forced to sit out of the competition for a year as punishment for their earlier defection.

The Southeastern Conference was riddled with early defections to the N.B.A. draft last year and dismissed by many prognosticators before this season.

Nonetheless, Stalinists sought to punish both Cannon and Trotsky for their earlier defection from the Stalin-controlled Third International.