Word: combatting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since 1941, the Navy has practiced advanced training--integrating different elements of combat--on the small island off the Puerto Rican mainland...
...believe it is vitally important to use the Vieques range," she said. "Recent operations in Iraq and Kosovo have shown how important it is to be ready [for combat...
...population overweight. If Americans didn't travel overseas, they'd think 200 lbs. was normal. They eat 7% more calories than they did 20 years ago. Even the nation's children, the ones so hyperactive they need Ritalin, are pudgy; 25% of them are overweight. To combat this, Americans, in lieu of exercise, spend $33 billion a year on the diet industry...
...with Eboshi's warriors, Princess Mononoke inspires awe. When she appears next, sucking the blood from her brother-wolf's wound, she is terrifying. When she looks at Ashitaka and says, "Get out," she is laughable. Fortunately, Princess Mononoke spends more time rushing into battle or hand-to-hand combat than talking...
...understands the difficulty of this request. Individual tolerance and open-mindedness just won't be enough to combat homophobia; rather, straight students must make the "empathetic leap," in order to care about rights denied but deserved by others...