Word: combatative
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Take, for example, Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), the celebrated humanitarian foundation that aims to combat poverty and stem the catastrophic tide of the African AIDS epidemic. According to a recent Boston Globe article, CARE lost a $50 million contract for combating AIDS, as government opted to grant $200 million to faith-based programs, which will advocate the divinely inspired “abstinence-only” method of disease control, after heavy public pressure from evangelical Christians...
...Congress that has been willing to stamp - rubber-stamp policies that have done injury to our troops and to their families." But even Rand Beers, his national security adviser in the 2004 campaign, said: "It's unfortunate that Senator Kerry misspoke. No one who has ever been in combat would intentionally impugn our brave troops...
...division, three women sailed well in guiding Harvard to second-place in the division, also behind Navy. Steele handled skipper duties, while senior Cassandra Niemi and sophomore Christina Cordeiro each participated in four races at crew. Niemi joined the boat for the first four races to try to combat the stronger winds, while Codeiro, who usually sails with Steele, returned to her spot once the winds died down for the final four races...
...hard contest against state auditor Claire McCaskill, has spent heavily on ads accusing her of failing to investigate abusive nursing homes. And last week in Virginia, Republicans spent more than $1 million on TV ads attacking challenger James Webb for, among other things, a 1979 article opposing women in combat and his novels, whose raunchy sex scenes incumbent George Allen called "demeaning to women." This close to Election Day, there are still plenty of votes to scrap for: a recent Missouri poll found 5% of men are unsure but 9% of women still in play...
...Abizaid shares the blame for the failure to plan for what would happen after the initial rush to Baghdad. But his more serious missteps, in the view of his critics, began when Abizaid took over from Franks in July 2003, two months after the infamous "end of major combat operations" speech by President George Bush. Among those mistakes: failing to keep enough troops in Iraq in the fall of 2003 to establish basic security; allowing the disbanding of the Iraq Army and de-Baathification; missing the first signs of a growing insurgency; and failing to replace commanders who couldn...