Mildew invaded bathrooms, mold blossomed along ceilings, and children were masked with nebulizers to fend off asthma's ills.
The monkeys are being studied because they are close to humans, and researchers hope to learn something about calorie restriction that may enable them to develop medications that will help people fend off some of the ills of aging.
They were noisy but pliant under previous governments, and they are now ill-prepared to fend off the far more shameless incursions of the current prime minister.
He is ill-equipped to fend off larger, stronger detainees and has an almost constant look of shock -- equal parts fear and disbelief.
Poorly trained and ill-equipped security forces use live ammunition to fend off angry, stone-throwing crowds.
Learn how to fend off a Furby, exterminate an Aibo, and even how to tackle an ill-willed toaster.
If the Arsenal forward was ill at ease, he is not alone in finding it as hard to fend off tension as it is to elude centre-backs.
After her confirmation hearing, where DeVos seemed ill-equipped to discuss public education issues and suggested allowing guns at schools to fend off bear attacks, voters flooded Capitol Hill with calls and emails to block her nomination.
All these bode ill for potential conflict in the oil-rich Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia, where efforts to fend off popular revolts with huge social spending are wearing thin.
If only it could fend off paparazzi.
