Word: fending
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...junior Zak Farkes continued to battle shoulder soreness, that’s where sophomore Brendan Byrne, hoping to fend off a cadre of worthy challengers for the fill-in role, hoisted the Harvard baseball team (11-6, 4-0 Ivy) to dual victories in Philadelphia yesterday. With twin two-RBI doubles—the second giving the Crimson the eventual victory in Game 2—Byrne paced a balanced offense from the nine hole in a 6-4, 11-5 doubleheader sweep of Penn...
...supplies. Nonetheless, to boost the fortitude of the eighth-graders during the critical examination year, the community provides them with a midday meal, cooked with wood and water the students bring from home. Alas, the community is currently unable to provide midday meals for the younger children, who must fend for themselves...
...regulation play ended with the Crimson in control, and a stunned Dartmouth squad had to fend off a growing Harvard attack in overtime...
...Europe. All undergraduates are invited to join us at 27 Kirkland Street and plan for their summers. Despite our efforts, however, there is not much we can do without a wider College policy to support all student projects. All too often we end up telling students that they must fend for themselves...
...reaction to interactive TV ads, and he believes that "the Web is the future" for his industry. Testa, who took the reins after the death of his father and company namesake, has made the Armando Testa Agency Europe's largest independent ad firm by doubling revenues. He continues to fend off buyout offers, convinced that independence breeds creativity. "Once you're listed on the stock exchange, you have to play according to different rules," he says. --By Jeff Israely...