Word: fending
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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They will need help from the rest of their talented classmates to fend off opponents until Jones can return. In addition, Haggerty is intent on replacing graduated stars Jody Dushay and Romney Resney...
...demand news personality in America. She got her own prime-time show, which has drawn good ratings this summer and is almost certain to return on a weekly basis in January. She was anointed No. 1 substitute for Tom Brokaw on the NBC Nightly News -- and then had to fend off rumors she would be made permanent co-anchor. (The job wasn't offered, nor does she want it.) She has, moreover, won the applause of millions for her artful balancing of family and career: this is a woman who quit one of the highest-profile jobs...
...some companies, debt was a by-product of attempts to escape takeover raids. Interco, a St. Louis-based conglomerate whose holdings include the Converse and Florsheim shoe companies, borrowed $1.9 billion in 1988 to fend off a hostile bid. Interco said last month that it was willing to give creditors a controlling interest in the firm to avoid bankruptcy court...
...council had managed to fend off the changes for a year by convincing house masters to oppose Jewett's randomization plan. But armed with new statistics, Jewett returned this year with a scheme that would assign half the upcoming class to random houses...
...bold black-and-white label will begin appearing by July on many musical recordings sold in the U.S. Its message: PARENTAL ADVISORY -- EXPLICIT LYRICS. Last week the recording industry unveiled the uniform marking in an attempt to fend off bills in five state legislatures that would require labels on recordings that contain explicit lyrics dealing with sex, violence, suicide, drug use, bigotry and satanism. Under the industry's program, the decision to put the standardized label on a new release would be made by the record company and the artists rather than by government officials...