Word: contend
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...cheaper than a good seat on a train?something that has made flying, once the preserve of the rich, an affordable reality, even for lower-middle-class Indians. Their discovery of air travel puts India's aviation sector among the world's fastest growing. The fledgling budget airlines still contend with a few teething problems, of course. Service can be brusque, and there's the usual curse of delayed flights. But these are the other realities of air travel that India's first-time flyers will have to learn to deal with...
...screen about where he stands. In February 2002, less than a year after the former Prime Minister's final victory, Moretti took the stage at a center-left rally in Rome and launched a broadside against the opposition leaders standing next to him, criticizing their inability to contend with Berlusconi. A political movement built up around the director that circumvented the major opposition parties. Rallies sprang up in the form of giant human chains, one encircling the Rome headquarters of rai state television to protest Berlusconi's conflicts of interest as owner of half the country's TV channels...
...windy day one with a solid 308 to close out the season and the Cleveland Golf/URI Invitational in Portsmouth, R.I. The team finished sixth in the 12-team field at Green Valley Country Club, 27 shots behind eventual winner Binghamton—a team that will contend for an NCAA Regional at-large bid. “It was a tough day one,” junior Tom Hegge said. “It was really windy, and I think 330 is one of our higher scores this year.” The Crimson finished just eight shots back...
...Administration claims that continued testing enhances deterrence by ensuring the safety and reliability of the nearly 13,000 warheads in the U.S. nuclear stockpile. Opponents contend that the tests fuel the arms race by leading to new weapons, particularly for the space-based Strategic Defense Initiative...
...this could be anyone’s game. Regardless of the CRFC’s showing in Atlanta, the team will advance to the RoboCup World Cup in Germany this June. Watch out for Singapore’s Lucky Star and Germany’s Fu-Fighters to contend for the title in the small-size robot league. The CRFC doesn’t know—or seem to care—what the winning team receives, but Pokharel believes that “they should have a World Cup trophy made with hexagons.” Whether they...