Word: fending
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Though uncorroborated and vague, the terror alerts were a political godsend for an Administration trying to fend off a bruising bipartisan inquiry into its handling of the terrorist chatter last summer. After the wave of warnings, the Democratic clamor for an investigation into the government's mistakes subsided, but Rowley's memo had members of both parties turning up the heat again. Senate majority leader Tom Daschle seized on the document as reason to appoint an independent commission to examine intelligence failures prior to Sept. 11, an idea the White House intensely opposes. Daschle says he will bring a bill...
...Fiat's problems continue, and the controlling Agnelli family admitted it may need to sell the auto division. The Norse force Norway's largest bank, Den Norske Banke, agreed to buy the country's top insurer, Storebrand, for $1.96 billion in cash and stock. The deal should help fend off foreign predators. Pump up the margins France's Michelin will sever ties with the European arm of General Motors in order to focus on higher-margin markets. GM accounts for about 5% of Michelin's worldwide revenue. INDICATORS Drink that cigarette Californians took smoking out of their bars and restaurants...
...changes. Then E.U. transport and energy Commissioner Loyola de Palacio, a Spanish conservative with close ties to Aznar, entered the fray. In a letter leaked to the press the day Fischler introduced the proposed reforms, de Palacio described the plan as "provocative" and "brutal." For weeks Prodi had to fend off claims that his commissioners were acting in the interests of their national governments rather than the E.U. as a whole. Spain is not alone in denouncing the plans. With their own fishing industries at risk - not to mention the votes in all those fishing communities - Portugal, France and Italy...
...player market, today's gadgets are smaller and lighter than their predecessors of just six months ago. The latest high-capacity units, like Archos' 20-gigabyte Jukebox Recorder, hold 4,000 tunes. The challenge for gearmakers like SONICblue, whose RioRiot is the nation's top-selling player, is to fend off Sony, Panasonic and Samsung. As these giants muscle in and as component costs fall, price wars will pressure smaller firms. "It remains to be seen if a SONICblue can sustain its brand," says analyst Susan Kevorkian of tech-research firm...
...before Harvard could celebrate, the Crimson had to fend off a last-ditch rally from the Blue Jays. Harvard came through in the last minute and a half by winning the draw and running out the clock...