Word: fends
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...named,” Garcia says. “If there was one that I kept around in my room, I’m sure I would.” Information provided by Pierce indicates that the ladybugs should vacate the dorms soon. Until then, students will have to fend for themselves against the tiny intruders. So far, the ladybugs have proved to be worthy adversaries, using their best weapon of defense to keep their numbers up: cuteness. “They’re not disgusting, they’re just everywhere,” says Garcia...
...women are their frail counterparts in need of rescue, she said.This idea dates back to King Philip’s War, a conflict between American settlers and Native Americans in the 1670s, Faludi said. According to her, it was a time in which pre-revolutionary Americans were forced to fend for their lives on a constant basis by the original “terrorists”—a phrase she said the settlers used to describe the Native Americans. This phenomenon began the tradition of historical rewriting by male authors, which she described as an effort to glorify...
...mold-laced remnants of the dinner rolls. Then using an old sock or T-shirt strain the contents of the bag as you pour them into a new container. You are now in possession of a stomach-churning, 2 to 14 percent alcohol mixture. Serve on the rocks and fend off the urge to vomit. Enjoy, if you can. [WARNING: If you actually try this, you’ll get what you deserve. Sources: Modern Drunkard Magazine, The Rogue Voice prison magazine, and Wikipedia’s entry on Pruno...
...Convention. But in 1798, as a leader of the fight against the war measures of President John Adams, he became an advocate of states' rights, urging his native Virginia and its fellow states to resist "dangerous" exercises of federal power. In 1815, when Madison was President, he had to fend off a threat by New Englanders to wield the power of their states against his war measures, which they found "dangerous." Madison had a supple mind--supple enough to reconcile his shifting position, which he attributed to changing circumstances. "The state of things at the time," he explained, was "always...
...better time. There are currently about 1.9 million amputees living in the U.S., a figure expected to jump to 2.7 million by 2020--mainly because of returning Iraq war veterans and patients who lose limbs to diabetes-related complications. "We can't sit back and let helpless animals fend for themselves," says Dr. Erick Egger, associate professor of small-animal orthopedic surgery at Colorado State University. "We need to help them, and more important, we need to help people...