Word: contends
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...concerned that drug-company investigators may be ignoring a particular kind of vaccine -- those using a whole virus -- not because they are less promising scientifically, but because they carry a slightly greater risk of infection and, in turn, a greater potential for liability suits. In fact, some scientists contend that the threat of such suits has kept many major drug companies out of vaccine research altogether. To combat this chilling effect, the NAS report urges Congress to provide drug companies with liability protection...
...dispute at American was essentially about attractiveness. But certain employees, such as fire fighters and police officers, are monitored because their jobs demand physical fitness. Many employers contend that overweight workers drive up medical costs. Says U-Haul International spokesperson Melora Felts Foley: "The people who are responsible for the majority of skyrocketing health costs are those who use tobacco and those who have weight problems." But some health experts disagree. Says Dr. Albert Stunkard, an obesity specialist at the University of Pennsylvania: "The extent to which overweight people have difficulty in obtaining work goes far beyond what...
...Crimson's young players can mature quickly, an Ivy title is not out of the question. Exceptional play from inexperienced players will go a long way toward determining whether the Crimson can match up with preseason Ivy favorites Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Brown. Army and Navy are also expected to contend in the East...
NOWHERE has this been more evident than in the "have-not" countries like Jordan, Sudan, Algeria and Yemen, who brazenly contend that their efforts for "peace" were thwarted by the Western inperialists who are now conspiring with us, their corrupt Arab brothers, to demolish the saviour of their pride, their beacon of hope, Iraq...
Saddam's chemical wallop has been limited by the bombing campaign, which the allies contend has completely destroyed the country's chemical-weapons plants. Baghdad is thought to have as much as 4,000 tons of toxins stockpiled in Kuwait and Iraq, but that number sounds more impressive than it really is. A high degree of saturation is required if an attack is to be effective; 26 tons of mustard gas, for example, is needed to cover a single square mile for perhaps a few days...