Word: combating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent years, several major nationallobbying organizations have arisen to combat thealleged improprieties in6CRIMECrimson File PhotoFRANCIS D. "BUD" RILEY...
...point, because otherwise China would go wild," says UTStarcom's Hong Lu. "If you just jump too fast, it's not good." In an early attempt at a Net policy, the government in 1996 banned access to a range of sites from playboy.com to time.com in order to help combat "spiritual pollution." But an afternoon's surfing in Beijing shows the government firewalls that block access to these sites are only partly effective. While cnn.com is resolutely blocked, other Western news-focused sites are occasionally accessible because of software glitches on the blackout servers. And most Chinese with Net access...
...fresh-faced kid on Who's the Boss? These days a more, um, adult side of the actress, and countless other stars, is on display at unauthorized pay-for-celebrity-skin websites offering film stills, candids and digitized fakes. Alyssa's angry mom Lin Milano formed CyberTrackers to combat the sites and last week filed suit--the first of its kind--against two of them. A case to watch...
What we have here is Krav Maga (pronounced krahv ma-gah), the brutally efficient self-defense system created by the Israeli Defense Forces and currently infiltrating America's fitness industry. Even as crime drops in most big cities, Krav Maga (Hebrew for "contact combat") is quickly gaining ground in urban gyms...
...land and airspace across the West remain locked up for training exercises and maneuvers. Now the Air Force, Navy and Army are pushing ahead in eight states to enlarge bombing ranges, airspace and tank grounds. Proponents contend the additional area is needed for new and advanced weaponry and maintaining combat readiness. "With missiles going farther and planes faster, we need more space," insists Air Force Colonel FRED PEASE. But a coalition of environmental, recreation and peace groups says the reservations would create a giant supersonic battleground where low-flying aircraft and the flares and radar-jamming aluminum-silicon fibers they...