Word: fight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the most attuned citizens, there is a nagging sense that all is not right in this uniform Serbian message. But with few outside reference points to rely on, they can fight that battle for the truth only in their minds, where rationality and emotions throw equal weight. For most Serbs, their rational side is used up getting through the day--battling price rises and shortages of fuel and cigarettes and looking after the health of their families...
...client will have a hard time recapturing even a faint reminder of his previous life. Once an A student, family members say the boy, now a third-grader, brings home grades that range from failing to barely passing. He has been so tormented by his peers that rather than fight, the boy has withdrawn socially, preferring to spend his time after school in the house. "Everything has changed," says Crawford. "He doesn't want to go outside...
...course, we enter the uncertain and fraught territory of social change--the gun debate alone is already deafening--but not all the social advocates are woolly-headed. The awkwardly named group Fight Crime: Invest in Kids counts eight crime survivors and more than a dozen police chiefs on its advisory board, including former New York City police commissioner William Bratton. The Washington-based group's four-point plan is touchingly well meaning: 1) give kids something to do after school; 2) make sure young children have access to quality child care; 3) help schools identify troubled kids early and provide...
...those missing leaders are encamped inside Kosovo with a group of what he said is a quarter of a million refugees. Lirak said at least three provisional-government ministers are hiding at the guerrilla enclave of Llap, guarded by 4,000 K.L.A. soldiers. The soldiers are eager to fight back, he said, but face Serbian soldiers with a powerful defense: other refugees...
Barely a month after the World Trade Organization?s settlement of the banana war between the U.S. and Europe, the food fight between the two continental trade giants continues. On Monday, beef was once again served up on the table of disputes as a May 13 deadline approaches for the European Union to lift its ban on hormone-treated beef from the U.S. The latest bone of contention: a report from European Union scientific experts stating that one of six typically used hormones used "has an inherent risk of causing cancer." The response from the U.S. side: baloney. "This...