Word: fend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...consider a joint negotiating team in which non-P.L.O. Palestinians would participate alongside Jordan. But the lack of progress on an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon began to erode Hussein's chances. By the time of the Palestine National Council meeting in February, Arafat had to fend off attacks from hardliners. Says a senior P.L.O. official: "If there had been a withdrawal agreement on paper in February, the outcome would have been very different...
...before, the bishops' committee condemns the first use of nuclear weapons by any nation, although NATO relies on having that option to fend off superior fleets of Soviet tanks and conventional forces. The panel believes that any use of nuclear arms would quite likely bring on the holocaust. The bishops also continue to endorse a bilateral nuclear freeze, which is opposed by the White House. Responding to Administration arguments, the bishops make some minor concessions: giving more recognition to U.S. disarmament efforts and leveling more criticism at the Soviets for their belligerent stance...
While legislative observers may now consider the issue dead, it received a lot of attention two years ago, when Proposition 2 1/2, a property tax cutting measure, drastically cut revenue to cities and towns. At that point, President Bok felt it necessary to fend off attacks on the exemptions in testimony before a legislative committee...
Major churches fend off accusations of political partisanship...
...truckers, awoke in his cab's sleeping compartment to find his trailer engulfed in flames. To protect themselves, many truckers traveled only by day, and then only in convoys. At night, drivers jammed rigs into crowded truck-stop parking lots platooned with police and extra security guards to fend off vandals. Some operators bypassed truck stops altogether, however, to avoid intimidation by protesters. "I'm staying away from trouble," said a Fogarty Van Lines driver near Joliet...