Word: fends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rejuvinated Cowboys squad will have to fend for itself in the rough and tumble NFL without the protection of a myth or the illusion of being America's Team...
HUCTW's major task now is to negotiate its first contract, and to do so, labor experts say, the union will have to fend off opposition from a University which has fought it for 17 years as well as antagonism from within its own ranks...
...group; now his deficit is 17 (52% to 35%). Yet many of these swing voters were within his reach: among those now favoring Bush, 27% say they once considered going for Dukakis. He could not close the sale with these potential supporters because he could neither inspire them nor fend off Bush's relentless attacks on him as a marshmallow where crime and national defense are concerned...
...blasted and strafed rebel positions, reducing portions of the city to rubble. Washington considers the sorties a violation of the Geneva accords, as well as a serious threat to the mujahedin's efforts on the battlefield. If the Soviets fear that their Afghan comrades are not tough enough to fend off the mujahedin, Western analysts and rebel leaders have quite the opposite concern: so far, Najibullah's troops have been showing more gumption than expected. Around Jalalabad, a city the Soviets left three months ago, Afghan troops have thrown back repeated rebel assaults. So far, the mujahedin are holding only...
Last week the House moved to break the political impasse that has prevented any major military base in the U.S. from being decommissioned during the past eleven years. The bill, sponsored by Texas Republican Richard Armey, is designed to fend off angry finger-pointing from constituents by putting the onus on a nine-member bipartisan commission...