Word: fend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...benefit to the shoe industry might amount to little more than a stay of execution. After five years of protection, there is no reason to believe that the American shoemakers would be any more able to fend off foreign competition. Says U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter: "That was the major strike that the footwear industry had against it. If the industry could have demonstrated that it was likely to be price competitive in the future, we may have had a different position...
...sexual harassment complaints and the legal restrictions regarding their confidentiality have left Putnam in a difficult position as department chairman. He is legally bound not to discuss individual cases and must at the same time fend off student criticisms...
Some critics are irked by the mere suggestion of an honor code. Others believe it would give us the responsibility we deserve to fend for ourselves and guard against infractions that might sour our collective Harvard experience. In any case, whichever side you're on, there's something to be said for getting on with it. Let the debate begin...
When it comes to housing and non-academic life, undergraduates and graduate students face a double standard, the Strauch Committee argued. Graduate students are left to fend for themselves, deprived of a residential community...
...which the takeover target makes itself too financially painful to consume. In Revlon's case, the company would allow all shareholders except the hostile one to trade their holdings for debt certificates worth far more than the company's stock price. Many experts think Revlon will be able to fend off the invader...