Word: ward
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Among the foreigners kept from leaving Iraqwere about 90 Americans and hundreds of othersheld as "human shields." They were held atmilitary and other strategic sites to ward offattack by the international forces massed aroundIraq. Many more have remained in hiding...
These clinical scientists are now hypothesizing that this simple organic molecule may ward off cancer and heart disease by scooping up charged oxygen atoms, dangerous particles which wreak havoc as they roam through the body's circulatory system...
...again in 1984, researchers foundthat the chemical may ward off breast cancer. Morerecent studies have pointed to the molecule'sbeneficial effect on ovarian and lung cancer...
...help stir warm Christmas sentiments and loosen those purse strings, stores are emphasizing family ties this year. Montgomery Ward has donated $2 million worth of VCRs and videocams to the U.S.O. for American troops stationed in the Persian Gulf. Families of servicemen and -women are invited to go into the chain's stores and videotape holiday messages for them. The J.C. Penney's in East Brunswick, N.J., is kindling the holiday spirit with a giveaway. Customers can get a $10 discount on new coats by turning in any old coat; the used garments are then donated to the needy...
COPY DESK: Judith Anne Paul, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Barbara Dudley Davis, Evelyn Hannon, Jill Ward (Copy Coordinators); Minda Bikman, Doug Bradley, Robert Braine, Bruce Christopher Carr, Barbara Collier, Julia Van Buren Dickey, Dora Fairchild, Judith Kales, Sharon Kapnick, Claire Knopf, Gyavira Lasana, Melinda J. McAdams, M.M. Merwin, Anna F. Monardo, Maria A. Paul, Elyse Segelken, Terry Stoller, Amelia Weiss (Copy Editors...