Word: fending
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...Philippines Your report on India's denial of an AIDS crisis was very appropriate. The much-hyped distribution program for antiretroviral drugs has not functioned properly. In April the organization People Living with HIV/AIDS in Manipur didn't get its supply of medicines, and patients were left to fend for themselves. Writing to government officials didn't do much good. It is sad to be an Indian and be affected by the denial of our officials in dealing with aids. We need to respond to this terrible epidemic. I am frustrated by the plight of my fellow countrymen...
Liberty counts for much, but not enough to turn away from those who are hopelessly overwhelmed by the demands of modern life. To permit those who would flounder even in the slowest lane to fend for themselves on very mean streets is an act not of social liberality but of neglect bordering on cruelty. In the name of a liberty that illness does not allow them to enjoy, we have condemned the homeless mentally ill to die with their rights on. --By Charles Krauthammer
...second varsity also found itself in fourth after the first 500, but thanks to a strong middle 1,000, the Black and White surpassed USC. Radcliffe could not manage to catch either Washington (6:38.24) or the Bulldogs (6:39.43) and had to fend off a forceful overture from the Lady Trojans (6:44.81), clocking in at (6:44.23). Princeton (6:45.61) took fifth (6:45.61), two seats ahead of Wisconsin...
...second varsity also found itself in fourth after the first 500, but thanks to a strong middle 1,000, the Black and White surpassed USC. Radcliffe could not manage to catch either Washington (6:38.24) or the Bulldogs (6:39.43) and had to fend off a forceful overture from the Lady Trojans (6:44.81), clocking in at (6:44.23). Princeton (6:45.61) took fifth (6:45.61), two seats ahead of Wisconsin...
However, one must account for opportunity cost. Not every T rider has the facile assuredness of Jeffrey S. Bramson 08, who used his Tae Kwon Doe black belt skills to fend off a mugger on a New York City subway. A mugger attempted to steal a fellow riders purse at a stop, and Bramson tripped the thief, grabbed the purse and handed the purse back to the woman...