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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Until now, antimicrobial agents that fend off bacteria and mold have been limited to cleaning supplies and products made of plastic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gadgets: THERE'S MUSIC IN MY GLASSES | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...evidence supports that [the fight] was an attempt to fend off Colono [to avoid] imminent death or bodily harm,” Parker said, adding that his client did not have the opportunity to flee the scene...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defense Motions To Drop Charges | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...world festival circuit and the postwar European art cinema sprang up, in part, to fend off American theatrical dominance. Our film history is incalculably richer...

Author: By J.d. Connor, | Title: Now Playing...Film Studies | 9/15/2004 | See Source »

...quote, 'old Europe,'" Zinni told TIME. Says Robert Deaderick, 87, a veteran who's attending the anniversary of the liberation, "The French and the Germans have treated the Americans right shabbily over Iraq these last few years. It serves them right that they'll have to fend for themselves more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Strategic Divorce? | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

...Many would-be investors also griped that they had too little information to make a buying decision. Brin and Page offered precious few details as to how the cash injection would be invested or how the company would fend off rivals like Yahoo! Instead, the founders simply asked prospective buyers to ?trust us.? In a post-Enron world, could someone really make trust a central investment criterion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Google Go Lucky | 8/20/2004 | See Source »

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