Word: contend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...captain] Doug Lin and I are going to stress that we have to take on an attitude that we can contend," Ciollo said. "It has to be from day one, so it's in the back of your mind every day and can motivate...
...city of Chicago is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from another societal cancer, the country's leading gun makers. The city has charged them with creating a public hazard by flooding markets with their product and by using lenient standards in distribution control. As a result, prosecutors contend, gun makers have assured that criminals have access to firearms...
...conditions inside Baton Rouge schools were not bad enough, students and teachers must also contend with pollution alerts. Listen to assistant superintendent Christine Arab describe life amid the petrochemical plants...
...duck retains the unique 1940s design, the inside of each amphibious vehicle has been outfitted with 1990s technology. Automatic transmission, new internal wiring, added roofs and comfortable, cushioned seats have all helped to transform these personnel carriers into suitable tourist transport contraptions. The drivers, however, must still contend with retired navigation instruments like large dials, spastic speedometers and protruding gears...
Besides the waters, Harvard also had to contend with the most competitive field of sailing teams at any regatta thus far. The team stayed mid-fleet through many of the races, and ended in 11th place...