defensible case

Uncertain as we are regarding the exact before/after situation, one could make a defensible case that a chemical change might have occurred.

"We believe there is a very, very defensible case."

There is no defensible case for imposing special reparations on the Sunni populace for the crimes of Iraq's former leaders.

But the authors suggest that payments were actually appropriate in most of the "defensible cases" because the doctors made some errors that were not apparent at first.

Specialists in criminal defense law say Mr. Moussaoui, a 33-year-old citizen of France, has a defensible case given the lack of direct evidence against him.

"This is going to be a very defensible case for Wal-Mart," said Mr. Hillman, who said he had not represented the company.

Lisa Schreibersdorf, executive director of Brooklyn Defenders, said that although Ms. Fineberg does not dispute that she rode on the sidewalk, she has a defensible case.

"The majority of people in the group believed that there were probably ethically defensible cases in which physicians ought to assist," said Dr. Alan Fleischman, the academy's senior vice president.

As the parallels continued to mount, I began to wonder if it were possible to make a biblically defensible case that these particular endtime events will be specifically fulfilled in the final and perfect celebration of these festivals.