Word: contend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However in keeping the All-American in check, and battling to the end, Rechul showed that he can certainly contend with the nation's top wrestlers...
Around the corner at HUDS headquarters on Quincy Street, Mayer and other managers admit they're aware their new system has a few kinks. But they contend that the tough times are just a step on the way to improvement...
...petition's supporters contend that the Vieques economy is being hurt by the Navy presence. They argue that the island's fishing industry has been hurt by the Navy's bombing of natural fisheries, and that the island cannot benefit from the tourism that the rest of Puerto Rico enjoys...
...both instances, the issues are thorny. The Florida case weighs the public interest served by allowing police broad power in cracking down on illegal firearms against an individual's constitutional protection from unwarranted search and seizure. Criminal-rights activists contend that a ruling in law enforcement's favor will in esssence allow police to search and detain whomever they please, as long as they say they received a tip that the suspect was carrying a gun. In the other case, the Fourth District of Illinois upheld a 31-year-old federal statute - passed by Congress just two years after...
...Harvard football team has sent a message loud and clear to the rest of the Ivy League--it has gotten rid of its past demons and is ready to contend for the Ivy crown. The wealth of talent on this team has finally come together in a masterpiece of experience...