Word: fends
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...dissidents: key government and economic leaders who privately opposed Saddam and would be needed to run the country after him could receive a general amnesty. Washington has canvassed more than 2,000 names so far but won't say how many fall into each group. Occupiers might need to fend off vigilante reprisals against rank-and-file party members that could ravage the civil service that a new ruler would need...
Freshman Moira Weigel, playing in the third spot, was unable to fend off Frances Ho despite a rowdy cheering section whooping and holding up signs spelling Weigel’s name...
...only restaurant open in that Irish village at six on New Year’s Eve—and into darkness softened by a fine drizzle when the parade turned the corner and started towards us. A police officer driving a tiny Garda hatchback led, ready to fend off traffic if there had been any. A few dozen children followed her, carrying trash-bag puppets on poles and boats made out of cardboard with sails of flowered sheets. Eight or ten kids supported a plastic tarpaulin rendition of one of those undulating dragons you see in Chinese New Year?...
SOFTWARE Peeping Into Windows For geeks, it's a scintillating show: Microsoft is releasing its closely guarded Windows source code - the instructions that make it run - to most governments. The move is designed to fend off the threat from Linux, the open-source platform that is gaining headway in governments across Europe. Cheaper and, many experts say, more secure than Windows, Linux is the world's fastest-growing server operating system. Openness becomes a strength because users share improvements. Microsoft wants to reassure governments about security, but it hasn't shed all its reserve. This show is only a peep...
...precarious juncture. Even as China's GDP has grown 8% annually, its market has sunk more than 40% since its June 2001 peak. Stock-rigging scandals and lax corporate disclosure have sapped investors' confidence, and Shang must restore their faith. To do so, he will have to fend off government officials who see the market as a vehicle to funnel investors' cash into profitless state-run companies. He will need formidable political skill, even bravery-Shang's predecessor received death threats when his market-oriented reforms drove stock prices down...