Word: fends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...modernization. The Queen, 48, her husband Prince Philip, 53, their sons Princes Charles, 26, Andrew, 14, and Edward, 10, and a handful of servants squeezed themselves into a nearby six-bedroom farmhouse known as Wood Farm; all other royals, including the Queen Mother, 74, and guests, were left to fend for themselves in nearby fiefs or hotels. Only the wildfowl who live on the 20,000-acre Sandringham estate were assured of spending the holidays in a manner to which they are accustomed: the traditional pheasant shoot, an unhappy affair for as many as 8,000 birds...
...expensive, frivolous escape to the elements. But if you haven't had your quota of extravagance or you can go with a cost-saving group, it is worth it to try winter camping once. At least by buying the more practicle items mentioned here, you'll be prepared to fend off any meterological disturbances Boston might send your...
...Nixon's visit, the first by an American President, was a security nightmare. Israeli troops withdrew from the Golan Heights. Palestinian guerrillas carried out a series of suicide attacks on Israeli border communities. Delicate talks began with the U.S. on new arms purchases. In July Rabin had to fend off an attempt by Israeli annexationists, goaded by right-wing parties, to settle in the West Bank. That time he used persuasion, pointing out that Israel's occupation of the West Bank, in theory at least, is only temporary; in October, when a larger attempt was made...
Mount Holyoke used superior depth to fend off its hosts and take first place in the 13th annual Radcliffe Invitational Swimming Meet Saturday at the I.A.B...
Lavish Banquet. Kissinger then stopped in Islamabad, where he tried to fend off Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's request for American arms to match the $1 billion worth of military equipment that India has purchased from the Soviet Union since 1960. Kissinger promised Pakistan 100,000 tons of surplus wheat-but no arms. If Bhutto was disappointed, he did not show it. At a lavish banquet he happily toasted Kissinger as a "modern Metternich." On that complimentary note, Kissinger left for Iran to talk with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi about oil prices and the Middle East...