Word: combat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just informing the students of the importance of swiping their cards may not combat the problem...
...also said undercover officers were being placed in restaurants to combat a growing number of petty thefts...
Both Andre Braugher and Rip Torn deliver excellent performances as Verrett and Grant. Tension results between the two friends when they cannot agree on the best way to combat segregation. Verrett pursues equality with an almost reckless passion, while Grant still hopes to effect change through official channels. This same sort of tension is played out convincingly between Travis and his father, whose concern for Travis' safety makes him a constant check on his son's determined idealism...
Founded in 1960 by Radcliffe's fifth president, Mary Ingraham Bunting, the institute began as a means to combat what she called a "climate of unexpectation" for academic women...
According to Brock, the mission of the Buntinghas changed since it was first outlined byPresident Bunting. Instead of combating "theclimate of unexpectation," the institute must nowhelp combat an atmosphere of what she calls"hyperexpectation...