Word: withstands
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great fear of democratic politicians is that Russia's fledgling institutions of free government are too fragile to withstand a draining, divisive war. Yeltsin and his onetime democratic allies are already increasingly isolated and on the defensive against the tacit "red-brown" alliance of communists and ultranationalists. If democratic forces now become wholly estranged from the President, the odds increase that military factions disgruntled with Yeltsin's handling of the Chechen crisis might stage a long- predicted military coup, neatly disguised as a necessary crackdown to prosecute the war. But the army itself is also divided; some officers far higher...
Nixon, while not especially healthy, could certainly withstand an assassination attempt made with a plastic...
Never before has the Nobel Peace Prize been so ironic and meaningless, Ironic, because the peace that it celebrates is still fragile and elusive, barely able to withstand the violence and hatred that is mustered against it. And meaningless because Yassir Arafat's hands are covered with the blood of the recently slain Israeli soldier...
...there is an area to single out where that Harvard needs improvement, it is in the defensive backfield. Last week, Bucknell's Rob Glus hammered this point home by going 14-of-17 for 257 yards passing, five touchdowns and no interceptions. The Crimson defense must be able to withstand quality quarterbacks like Glus and Holy Cross's Fitzpatrick...
Last year, I was hospitalized after being badly beaten by my boyfriend simply because I wanted to attend a family outing. I felt that the beatings were my fault and that I could withstand the punishment. But when my child also became a victim, I finally woke up. I have since started college at the age of 35, and begun to work and spend time with my family. It is hard to leave a relationship, but you must be strong-minded and strong-willed and get out. No one should ever take abuse...