Word: combatting
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...trick and convince the Moor to murder his wife, Desdemona. Constance exposes the deception and goes on to become Othello's favorite and Desdemona's best friend. She learns, as she had long suspected, that the "real" Desdemona is no fainting flower; rather, she yearns for a life of combat, such as she assumes Constance must enjoy in the Kingdom of Academe...
...original HIV/AIDS link presented in 1984 was that HIV, a new mutant retrovirus, causes AIDS by killing CD4+ lympocytes. CD4+ lymphocytes, or helper T-cells, are white blood cells which organize the body's immune system to combat infection. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) incorporated this definition into its database and has used it ever since to diagnose AIDS...
Santiago urged listeners to identify themselves by whatever nationalities they choose and to combat racism...
Senators at a packed Capitol Hill hearing embracedPresident Clinton's new plan to combat terrorism, but several urged a "go-slow" approach toavoid trampling on civil liberties. "I don't want us to panic," said Joseph Biden (D-Del.). Even Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.), thepresident's leading rival for 1996, straddled the fence: "America will not be paralyzed into inaction by those who have committed this evil deed," Dole said, referring to theOklahoma City bombing. But he also said there was "no big rush here" to pass legislation...
...Russian officials includingPresident Boris Yeltsinannounced plans to form acentrist political movementto combat what they see as political extremism that has hobbled Western-style reforms. "Russia has had enough revolutions," Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said today in Moscow. "Russia is our home and we must make every effort to ensure stability and restore order in it." The move underscores Yeltsin's shift away from the liberal forces that brought him to power, and at the same time snubs both pro- and anti-Western extremists who have dominated the Russian parliament for two years...