Word: combated
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...combat that anonymity, Goldman says, Hatewatch live-links to active hate sites...
...United Nations that the U.S. would at last make a stand against global warming, the ominous trend that threatens the planet with climatic upheaval: melting glaciers, rising sea levels and more frequent and vicious storms. In December, 160 nations will meet in Kyoto, Japan, to forge a treaty to combat climate change, but until last week the U.S. refused to put its cards on the negotiating table. And without the forceful leadership of the U.S.--the most prolific producer of the "greenhouse" gases that are raising the earth's temperature--any agreement designed to beat the heat would be futile...
...many states would be a violation of the law. The danger is that by relying on homeopathic remedies instead of vaccines to protect against, say, rabies or feline leukemia, these true believers could contribute to a larger outbreak that all the healing auras in the alternative universe could not combat...
This act, passed by the House on May 8, is currently under review by the Senate Judiciary Committee. It aims to "combat violent youth crime and increase accountability for juvenile criminal offenses" by subjecting juveniles accused of committing serious felonies to adult trials. The Act earmarks $1.5 billion over the next three years in "Juvenile Accountability Block Grants" to help states strengthen their juvenile justice systems on the condition that states which receive the money prosecute juveniles fifteen and older as adults where serious violent crimes such as murder and rape are concerned...
...Peru, PIH is helping to combat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and the myth that it cannot be treated in poor communities. Farmer reports that rates of these strains of TB are going down with long-term consistent use of drugs...