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...competition around the world. Orient Thai Airlines launched low-fare One-Two-Go in December to defend its turf from newcomers like AirAsia. Elsewhere in Asia, elite Singapore Airlines is rolling out the cheap seats on its new discount marquee, Tiger Airways, which launches later this year, partly to fend off upstart ValuAir, which has set a May debut...
...decision would not have seemed so pressure-packed, borderline life-altering. But in the context of my quiet week at home—with just one job interview to preoccupy my thoughts and time—choosing whether to see another TV criminal get convicted or the engaging Peet fend off Jay Leno’s leering advances suddenly became a daunting task...
...course Bernakevitch had the strength to fend off Latulippe. But this season hasn’t been one where “could” has been good enough. Fielding one of the most talented squads in the history of its hockey program, Harvard had been heralded as a lock for the ECAC title and a bona fide NCAA contender...
...President couldn't muster the votes to fend off impeachment. Roh isolated himself politically last fall when he bolted the ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) after a period of strained relations with party leaders. Last week, MDP lawmakers teamed up with legislators from the conservative GNP to oust him. Knowing they would lose a vote, members of the pro-Roh Uri Party?which holds only 47 of the Assembly's 273 seats?tried to block the March 12 balloting by forming a human shield around the Speaker's podium, hoping to prevent him from taking his seat and calling...
...chalk up another entry in the list of ways that tea drinking may be good for you. Researchers at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston - a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital - have found new evidence that ordinary tea may prime the immune system to fend off attacks from bacteria and other pathogens. "This is the first report of tea affecting the immune system," says Dr. Jack Bukowski, a rheumatologist and co-author of the study. But it's hardly the first health benefit attributed to tea. Over the years, credible claims have been made that tea may help...