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In an editorial, the paper defended Simpson's reporting from Belgrade, but attacked NATO for being so quick to blame Serbia for the deaths of Albanian refugees in the disputed convoy incident.
Glass Wax , a glass cleaner which contains no wax, successfully defended its trademark against a charge that the name was deceptive, but in the early 1900s the courts refused to recognize Madonna as a trademark for wine because it was ruled scandalous.
On Meet the Press , McCain defended a 1992 shouting match with a fellow senator over the fate of Vietnam POWs.
Clinton's critics defended Burton's name-calling in a Dallas Morning News interview as essentially truthful; defenders wondered if Burton was merely projecting.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich avidly defended engagement, however, and his successor, Rep.