Word: fending
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...viper venoms--particularly those from the genus Bothrops, of which the Central American terciopelo snake is a member--contain compounds that closely resemble substances used by white blood cells to fend off bacterial infections. Some of these substances work by damaging or disrupting lipids within the bacterial cell wall. A decade ago, microbiologists Edgardo Moreno, of Costa Rica's National University, and Bruno Lomonte, of the University of Costa Rica, realized that a muscle-destroying toxin in terciopelo venom behaved the same...
...recession. In fact, many economists insist it won't. And they credit many of the virtues of the New Economy. It was, after all, enhanced productivity brought on by technological innovation that brought us the economic boom that is now slowing. And increased productivity may help the economy fend off some looming threats. Spikes in energy prices, for example, helped kick the economy into its last three recessions. Oil prices are soaring once again, but the U.S. economy is now able to produce twice as much output per unit of energy as it did 30 years ago, and the convergence...
...more ambitious solution would be to convince donors to give to a central donation fund controlled by the administration, instead of allowing each donor to pick his or her pet project and leave the rest of the University to fend for itself. Then, funds could be directed to the departments or facilities that most urgently need them, not the ones that naturally attract the greatest attention from financial heavyweights...
...indeed may be a real fear in many countries, Canadians are blissfully free of such a worry. Chretien is so little self-concerned that the security around his official residence was minimal enough to allow, in 1995, for an intruder to break in. Prime Minister Chretien was left to fend for himself and his wife with a piece of Native artwork until police arrived almost ten minutes later...
...wash your own car too. You're all going to have to learn how to fend for yourselves one of these days...