Word: fought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came to the United States from China and fought in World War II, died in 1994. He was 69 years...
...prime of his life. He did everything he possibly could to beat his card. But he worked right to the end, and whenever I feel like life got a little tough on me, I always zero in on him or others who cherished their life force and fought to keep it. They did die young, and I find it my duty either to continue to tell people about them or to honor them in my work. People who do good work have a certain glow; for instance, someone like Audrey Hepburn got more and more beautiful, right to her death...
...course of 15 minutes early in the second half, McLaughlin scored the first goal of the game and assisted two more, turning what had been a tightly fought game into a blowout...
...Amman when two pedestrians passed close by. Meshal's driver and bodyguard, Mohammed Abu Saif, though, saw one of the men put some kind of device wrapped in cloth up to Meshal's head. And so Abu Saif jumped into the car, caught up to the two and fought them viciously until a passing police patrol arrested all three. The driver's story seemed so unlikely--Meshal appeared to be unharmed--that at first the episode was dismissed as a traffic squabble between Abu Saif and the two men, who claimed to be Canadian tourists out shopping...
...company has gleefully fought attempts to rein in its labor policy. Beginning in 1991, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suggested a variety of remedies, including sensitivity training, the hiring of more men and the creation of a $22 million fund to assist "dissuaded" male job applicants. But Hooters staged protests in Washington, led by a bevy of lovely you-know-Hooters, suggesting that the EEOC get a life. The agency, citing a lack of funds, eventually dropped its case against the chain...