Word: contends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson showed it could contend with a ranked team when it edged No. 15 Boston College 3-2, last Wednesday. Harvard also knocked off 10th-ranked Providence on Oct. 13 in one of its most stellar performances this season...
...letter you published from Bill Isbister, director of Too Many People...Too Little Earth! [LETTERS, Oct. 6], criticized Mother Teresa and stated that "overpopulation is literally greed personified." I contend that overpopulation is ignorance and poverty personified. These two things do not spell greed. If we can stamp out ignorance and poverty, overpopulation will be eliminated naturally. Mother Teresa is one of the best examples to follow. Who better understood these harsh realities? JOANN D. CURCIO Cos Cob, Conn...
...skilled, strong, and fast," Fairbairn said. "We had to work hard to contend with them...
Lawyers for the United States go before the court's 16 judges on today. They, along with Britain, contend the court has no jurisdiction in the case and should not be involved...
After the first fluffy snowfall wears out its welcome and turns into filthy brown slush piled on the side of street corners, get ready to contend with frozen hands, chapped lips, wet feet, biting winds, and days with only a couple of seconds of sunlight...