Word: fends
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...academic arena, would want to limit discussion in the much more real arena of life experience and human interaction. Second, the peer counseling groups exist for the very purpose of dealing with the issues that arise through their outreaches. They are not cruelly leaving the proctors to fend for themselves; they are providing the proctors, and more importantly, their (and all) students with a safe and healthy place to begin to confront serious questions...
Rubin's priority is seeking a balanced federal budget by 2002. To reach that goal, the White House must compromise with Congress while protecting such Clinton promises as education incentives and measures to safeguard the environment. Along the way, Rubin will have to fend off the Republican opposition's shibboleth: a proposed constitutional amendment to mandate a permanently balanced budget. The idea, which enjoys support among a smattering of Democrats, is opposed not only by Rubin and the President but also by Greenspan. They point to the rigidity of the notion in the event of an economic downturn, and argue...
...already married to John Jr. But when PRIYANKA GANDHI, whose father Rajiv, grandmother Indira and great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru were all Indian Prime Ministers, announced she would marry ROBERT VADRA, an exporter of costume jewelry and "a commoner," as the local press was quick to note, she had to fend off a few extra would-be suitors. A man named Ramakrishna Gowd went to court insisting he was married to the Gandhi daughter, but the judge recommended he be incarcerated and seek psychiatric help. And on the day of the happy but heavily guarded nuptials, Ms. Gandhi--once thought...
...order to avoid a Tuesday preliminary round match-up in a week and a half, the Crimson will have to bounce up to sixth place. Not only must the team surpass Colgate and Union, but it must also fend off St. Lawrence and Dartmouth which hang dangerously below Harvard in the standings...
There are HIV-positive men who talk about having put their feelings on hold from the day they first tested positive. Some even hid behind the virus as a lethal scare tactic, a way to fend off attachments with friends and family that they weren't sure they could handle. (One more paradox of the epidemic: even the Jolly Roger can be a flag of convenience.) Now they realize they may have to go back into the world and forge the kind of attachments that get you through a lifetime...