Word: combated
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During the 1920s, in response to the rising rate of Jewish matriculation (1 percent in 1881, 10 percent in 1918 and 22 percent in 1922), President A. Lawrence Lowell helped establish a new admissions system to combat the University's "Jewish problem." There were few Blacks at Harvard until the mid-20th century, only 160 before 1940. Black students were barred from the dormitories until 1923; they were segregated from whites in College residences until World War II. It seems that Harvard's much touted reputation for diversity and tolerance is a relatively recent phenomenon...
...celebrated more than just a victory over Muammar Gaddafi. The Pentagon offered the Navy's demonstration of high-tech firepower as a telling retort to an increasingly restive band of congressional critics who accuse the military of building "gold-plated" weapons that will turn out to be duds in combat. Like Libya's radar transmitters, the Pentagon's detractors were silenced, but only for the moment...
Just how large the criminal business is that RICO must combat was redramatized last week by the President's Commission on Organized Crime. Wrapping up 2 1/2 years of work, the 18-member commission released a somber report warning that organized criminals have made inroads into virtually every major U.S. industry. They drain the nation's economy through tax evasion and the higher prices caused by their involvement in legitimate business, the commission concluded. The impact could be an extra .3% in consumer prices this year. Altogether, organized crime may take in as much as $106 billion...
Should such orders be issued, however, the Navy is in position to form a two-carrier battle group that would include 16 combat ships and more than 160 airplanes, the sources said. It would take about two days to move such a battle group to the Libyan coast, said the sources, who would speak only on condition of anonymity...
...those fans planning to be awake at 8 a.m. tomorrow, the squad will combat Queens in early-morning action, and will then wrap up with a contest against Brown...