combating

  • 1Combating — Combat Com bat (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Combated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. [1913… …

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  • 2Combating Terrorism Center — at West Point Established: February 20, 2003 Affiliation: United States Military Academy Chair: General (Retired) John P. Abizaid Director: Lieutenant Colonel Reid Sawyer Location …

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  • 3Combating Autism Act — The Combating Autism Act of 2006, Pub. Law No. 109 416, is an Act of the United States Congress (Senate Bill 843) that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 19, 2006. It authorizes nearly one billion dollars in expenditures …

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  • 4Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act — United States Senate Bill S.3804, known as the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) was a bill introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D VT) on September 20, 2010. It proposes amendments to Chapter 113 of Title 18 of the United …

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  • 5combating — com·bat || kÉ’mbæt n. fight, struggle; military conflict v. fight, battle, struggle …

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  • 6combating terrorism — Actions, including antiterrorism (defensive measures taken to reduce vulnerability to terrorist acts) and counterterrorism (offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism), taken to oppose terrorism throughout the entire… …

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  • 7Combating the Crisis in Darfur — ▪ 2009       In 2008, five years after conflict broke out in the Darfur region of The Sudan, the prospect seemed dim for a political settlement to end the war that had killed as many as 300,000 people. In early 2003, soon after local rebel groups …

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  • 8Combating the Land Mine Scourge — ▪ 1997 by Douglas L. Clarke U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher has called them weapons of mass destruction in slow motion the 110 million land mines buried in 68 countries stretching from Cambodia to Costa Rica. The United Nations has… …

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  • 9National Council for Combating Discrimination — CNCD Logo The National Council for Combating Discrimination (Romanian: Consiliul Naţional pentru Combaterea Discriminării, or CNCD) is an agency of the Romanian government, established in 2001 and responsible for applying Romanian and European… …

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  • 10Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau — The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) (Latvian: Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas birojs) is a specialised anti corruption authority of Latvia. Its aim is to fight corruption in Latvia in a coordinated and comprehensive way… …

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