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1 - The report did not get a favorable reception largely because it called for massive increases in defence spending.

2 - While everyone unconsciously uses defence mechanisms, people with personality disorders use them in inappropriate or immature ways.

3 - Taxes are the money people pay to cover the cost of running the government, and to pay for such services as the police force, refuse collection, defence, and education.

4 - Arctic people must not only defend themselves from the environment and wild animals, but they must also protect these natural resources.

5 - The Great Wall of China was originally built for the purpose of defence.