Word: fending
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...While enrofloxacin kills the type of bacteria that sickened the chickens, it doesn't quite eliminate a different strain, called Campylobacter, that lives in the intestine. The surviving germs, which don't cause any poultry diseases, quickly multiply and spread the genes that helped them fend off the antibiotic. Six weeks later, when the broilers are carved up at the slaughterhouse, resistant bacteria spill out everywhere. Even with the best sanitary controls, some campylobacter is shrink-wrapped along with the thighs, breasts and drumsticks that are delivered to your kitchen counter...
...Enron too said as little as possible last week as the company tried to reorganize itself and as Lay and other top executives tried to fend off lawsuits filed by angry employees and other investors. The law makes it extremely difficult to confiscate the personal assets of corporate officers in punishment for actions on behalf of the company, but if there were ever a chairman who courted that fate, it is Lay. Last week he put three properties in Aspen up for sale, for $16 million, and huddled with his lawyers in preparation for congressional hearings next month...
There is talk of instituting technological fixes--pharmacy-based warning systems or handheld devices that give doctors up-to-date drug lists. An enhanced focus on geriatric care in medical school would also help, as would annual medication reviews. But for now, seniors may have to fend for themselves. They should never change prescriptions without consulting their physicians, but they should feel free to question their doctors if they find themselves taking medications from the list of drugs to avoid...
...Crimson defense also had a tough night. Harvard was forced to fend off numerous BU power plays and struggled to match the speed of the Terrier forwards...
...generation the way the Kennedy assassination did. UCLA now offers courses on "Navigating Between Blithesome Optimism and Cultural Despair" and "Implications of World Crises for Student Stress and Academic Achievement," in which students will write a journal and interview one another. But on most campuses, rattled students have to fend for themselves. Mental-health services are mobbed; at Syracuse University there's now a 19-day wait to see a counselor unless it's an emergency. At Spirit Rock, a Buddhist meditation center in Northern California, attendance at teen meditation classes is up 30% since Sept. 11. Sophie Clavier...