Word: fending
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...earthquake struck. Stewart and his crew are on one of their six daily runs to deliver supplies to some of Indonesia's most remote villages--all part of Operation Unified Assistance, the largest U.S. military operation in Asia since Vietnam and the backbone of the global campaign to fend off hunger and disease among tsunami survivors. For combat-trained service members like Stewart, 23, the mission requires patience instead of firepower. When his crew lands to deliver plastic sheeting, which can be used for makeshift shelters, two Marines on the ground say it isn't needed...
...those not found in Saddam's Iraq, blasting craters in the windows and doors. The good guy in charge has some artillery, but he's short of manpower. One of the prisoners has a suggestion: "Why don't you give me one of those guns, Sergeant? I'll help fend off the black hats." It happens that this Good Samaritan is a black hat--a notorious cop killer. Oh, well, imminent death makes for impromptu comrades. Grab a rifle, pilgrim...
Senior guards Kevin Rogus and David Giovacchini combined with junior forward Zach Martin and sophomore center Brian Cusworth to hit 7-of-8 free-throw attempts in the span of a minute to fend off Sacred Heart 97-84 at Lavietes Pavilion last night...
Senior guards Kevin Rogus and David Giovacchini combined with junior forward Zach Martin and sophomore center Brian Cusworth to hit 7-of-8 free-throw attempts in the span of a minute to fend off Sacred Heart 97-84 at Lavietes Pavilion last night...
...with debts in excess of $100,000, accumulated from undergraduate and graduate tuition. Does Harvard want to push its best-educated graduates only into the highest-paying fields, where many of them will inevitably use their education and brainpower to help the rich keep getting richer, leaving others to fend for themselves...