Word: fends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yesterday's contest in Durham, however, was a competitive rematch of last season's ECAC quarterfinal, when UNH needed overtime to fend off Harvard, 2-1. Yesterday's game was an evenly matched, back-and-forth affair, with Harvard getting the slight advantage in shots on goal, 27-26. The Crimson has outshot all eight of its opponents this season...
...Bruni, and last week tabloid headlines shrieked the news that a Brazilian model is carrying Jagger's baby (the woman denies the rumor). Jagger is also reportedly irked by his 14-year-old daughter's new modeling career, which Hall supports. Perhaps he's worried she'll have to fend off aging rock stars...
...time their servants help Death discover the joys of peanut butter. In time Bill's serious daughter Susan (Claire Forlani)--you know she's serious because she works as a doctor instead of as an aromatherapist--helps him discover the joys of sex. In return he helps Bill fend off his corporate enemies and even allows him time to make a nice exit speech at his birthday bash before gently conducting him, through a shower of fireworks--anything for a big finish--to a world that, frankly, cannot possibly be better than the one he's leaving...
...make sure to look absolutely unattractive at all times. Boys usually appreciate hygiene, so if you cease to bathe and never leave the room unless you are in your smelly flannel pajamas with a few strands of greasy hair hanging down one side of your face, you will probably fend off any attacks from those Harvard horn-balls...
...strongest argument that Clinton and the other Democrats could use to fend off another probe is that their lawyers were involved in every step of the $42 million ad campaign. The independent-counsel law allows Reno to stand down if there is "clear and convincing evidence" that no wrongdoing was intended, and reliance on the advice of counsel goes a long way toward meeting that standard. Ironically, former Clinton adviser DICK MORRIS, whose descriptions of Clinton's helping to craft the ads got the President in hot water to begin with, could be the Democrats' best witness. According to Morris...