Word: fends
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...some explanation of how a whole world of certainties can be undone so quickly. Everywhere that Diana's name is known, which is most places, people are trying to comprehend the events that led to her death and wishing they could reach back somehow to change them--to fend off the paparazzi, maybe to find a different driver for Diana's car, or even just to buckle her seat belt...
...dinner. Realizing en route that their plans for a quiet meal at Benoit would be spoiled by the photographers piling up outside the restaurant, Dodi suddenly opted to return to the marbled pillars and plush carpeting of the Ritz, where hotel security could be counted on to fend off the photographers...
...respond to any perceived lethal threat under the military's "rules of engagement"--which means, roughly, shoot to kill. This is what happened to Hernandez, who had fired his weapon twice in the direction of the four Marines. Family members say Hernandez often carried a gun to fend off predators, and it is not clear whether he knew whom he was shooting at. However, Pentagon officials say Hernandez had been involved in an earlier incident in which he fired shots in the vicinity of Border Patrol agents...
...phones for neighborhood watch groups can also be seen as the articulation of a different vision of government than that which we have come to expect from the overheated debates in Washington. It is a vision of government that neither solves problems for people nor leaves them alone to fend for themselves. Rather, Bill Clinton's winning vision is one that gives people the means to fix their own problems...
...title that epitomizes the trend and has been likened to a Cosmopolitan for guys. This month's cover image is a photo of an anonymous, bare-chested, well-built model whose shaving cream-covered face is partly obscured by his hand, as if he were halfheartedly trying to fend off the photographer, the way moms do in old home movies. It's rare to see a male model so clearly the object of the viewer's gaze; it's as if he were, well, a female model. His pose and sheepish grin suggest he has been caught out at something...