Word: fends
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...once certain thresholds are exceeded, very rapid changes can occur." In some cases, thirsting trees perish because their circulatory systems--the long tubular columns in the trunk that transport water from the roots to the crown--collapse. In other cases, the trees become so weak they can no longer fend off insects and disease...
...against al-Qaeda, but does that mean we should sit back and watch as children starve to death? We spend millions to rebuild a country that despises us--and gladly murders our soldiers and beheads our citizens--but we leave other people in desperate need to fend for themselves. KERRYANN BOLTON Silver Spring...
From almost the moment the first jet slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, the government's reaction to the day's events was so confused that it effectively eliminated any chance to fend off the subsequent attacks. The Federal Aviation Administration had difficulty tracking and alerting the military to the hijackings. Top brass did not learn about United Airlines Flight 175, or American Airlines Flight 77--which the FAA lost track of for 36 minutes as it turned toward the Pentagon--until around the time the planes crashed. They didn't learn about United Airlines Flight...
...national coach Octavian Belu and his team. Andreea Raducan was stripped of her all-around gold at the Olympics in Sydney after testing positive for pseudoephedrine. Over the next four years, the national team had to be rebuilt twice due to untimely departures of top talent. Belu had to fend off accusations in the Romanian press that the strict regime at Deva tipped over into exploitation and abuse of his athletes. Belu dismisses the charges by saying that training is "200% voluntary" and that he keeps "the door open for anyone who wants to leave." And even Comaneci's iconic...
...staunch free-trader and did little to stop the onslaught against sluggish American corporations from aggressive Japanese manufacturers. Reagan's term coincided with the height of Japan's economic boom, and his instinct was that in the long run, it would be better to let most companies fend for themselves...