Word: contend
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...they'll be done in the future," says new CEO David Bullock. He claims that an internal review has so far turned up no other issues, and that investors have not left the $7 billion fund in significant numbers. Still, the firm will have to contend with its eponyms' dubious legacy: Spitzer is demanding that it return $250 million in fees to investors, a potentially crippling penalty. --By Jyoti Thottam
...they say, after two oil companies, the U.S. giant Unocal and its French partner Total, began exploiting natural-gas deposits offshore. The gas discovery prompted construction of a $1.2 billion pipeline through hundreds of miles of rain forest to an electrical plant in neighboring Thailand. At that point, villagers contend, the government began to view them as another kind of natural resource to be exploited. Burmese troops were brought in to provide security and build infrastructure for the project. Overnight, claim the villagers, soldiers forced them at gunpoint to build army camps, helipads and roads. Many fled into the jungle...
THEORY NO. 3 Bad sampling. The networks contend the drop is so dramatic that there must be problems with Nielsen's methodology. NBC research guru Alan Wurtzel has proposed a controversial explanation: the addition of more young Hispanic men to the sample this year (to reflect the population better) had the unintended effect of skewing the results, since Hispanic men, he claims, are less likely to push the buttons on their Nielsen meters. Nielsen stands by its numbers but is reviewing its methodology and expects to issue a report as early as this week. By that time, maybe...
...they say, after two oil companies, the U.S. giant Unocal and its French partner Total, began exploiting natural-gas deposits offshore. The gas discovery prompted construction of a $1.2 billion pipeline through hundreds of miles of rain forest to an electrical plant in neighboring Thailand. At that point, villagers contend, the government began to view them as another kind of natural resource to be exploited. Burmese troops were brought in to provide security and build infrastructure for the project. Overnight, claim the villagers, soldiers forced them at gunpoint to build army camps, helipads and roads. Many fled into the jungle...
...been a tremendous catalyst for their offensive success. You throw in a couple of outstanding running backs, a tight end that’s an NFL prospect, big wide receivers, arguably the best offensive line in the Ivy League—there’s a lot to contend with there...