Word: beset
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DOUGLAS/AGUA PRIETA Towns along this part of the border are beset by tunnels, fences and the troubles of human smuggling...
...controversy soon beset The Crimson once again...
...Knicks were beset by a number of distractions during the Toronto series, chief among them a bizarre hostage situation involving center Marcus Camby’s family at their Connecticut home. The standoff ended with Camby’s sister a victim of sexual assault, and Camby himself badly shaken...
...undernourished. ? In many sub-Saharan countries, according to a report by the World Water Council, the average per capita water-use rates are 10 to 20 liters a day, which it calls "undesirably low." By contrast, per capita residential use in Europe runs as high as about 200 liters. Beset by agricultural failure, fragile ecosystems, erratic weather, war and other factors, 18 sub-Saharan countries face the severest problems in feeding their people, says the FAO. ? Disputes over water - including threats of "water wars" - bubble in areas where rainfall is sparse. Ignoring Israeli opposition, Lebanon began pumping water in late...
...Brazilian president Henrique Cardoso wasn't standing anywhere near Bush at that moment. Brazil, to put it simply, is the head of the skeptics. Mercosur, the South American trading bloc, isn't as thorough a free-trade area as NAFTA, and is beset with internal squabbles. But they have their pride. When Brazil hears Bush talk about three competing world trade zones, it wonders whether South America wouldn't be better off as a fourth leg - doing, as it is now, a nice little business with Europe as well as North America - rather than living in the NAFTA shadow...