Word: contends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard (8-11 overall, 5-2 Ivy) must contend with those forces this weekend if it hopes to continue its three-game winning streak and, moreover, keep pace with first-place Brown, which has easy games coming...
Despite the research, the notion of "female" and "male" policing styles remains a controversial one. Individual temperament is more important than gender in the way cops perform, argues Edwin Delattre, author of Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing. Other experts contend that aggressiveness among officers is more a measure of a department's philosophy and the tone set by its top managers. "When cops are trained to think of themselves as fighters in a war against crime, they come to view the public as the enemy," observes James Fyfe, a criminal-justice professor at The American University...
...Taylor's critics contend that the makeup of the krewes is the very essence of Mardi Gras's mystical allure, and that gender bias is actually more prevalent than racial discrimination. The mostly black Zulu krewe, for example, excludes women, while the all-female Iris group bars men. Moreover, opponents question Taylor's motives in pushing for carnival reform, which was never a real issue until she suddenly brought it up. They say Taylor not only wants to run for mayor but is also out for revenge against Wilson, her council colleague, for successfully pushing a term-limit ballot amendment...
...times, criticism of America borders on racism. Young people who have grown up enjoying a succession of ingenious Japanese-made consumer products have developed a contempt for anything made by lesser mortals. In addition, many Japanese contend that America is handicapped because it does not mirror Japan's cultural and racial homogeneity, which they believe is largely responsible for the country's high degree of national harmony. The virtues of this harmony are probably overrated, and the disadvantages -- repression, numbing conformity -- are widely ignored. But the myth that racial homogeneity engenders unity is the root of discrimination against anyone...
...doing so would relax their muscles. "It is a fight against air, which feels more like concrete at that speed," says French speedster Nicolas Bollon. Officially recognized by the International Ski Federation only in 1988, the sport has had an understandably hard time shaking its kamikaze reputation. Still, aficionados contend that it is reasonably sane and safe, at least relatively speaking. France's Michael Prufer, the world's fastest skier, blanches at the thought of pastimes like bungee jumping. "Too dangerous," he declares...