Word: averted
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Mexico could become a major U S supplier−over the long term. Last week President Carter came to an agreement with Mexican President José López Portillo to begin negotiations between the two governments for American purchases of Mexican natural gas o avert social and economic disruptions López Portillo has vowed to follow a go-slow production policy and not permit Mexico's wells to pump more than 2.3 million bbl. of oil and gas a day (up from 1.5 million bbl. now) for the rest of his term, which ends in 1982. Thus...
Maja Bardot, a RISD librarian and vice-president of the Faculty Association, said the faculty would try to avert a strike if possible. "But it's almost as if the administration wants us to strike," she added...
Last week, near snow-swept Mud Lake, Idaho, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission undertook to allay fears. It staged a nuclear accident in miniature, deliberately sabotaging a small test reactor's primary cooling system to see if the back-up system would avert a blowdown...
Whatever the tactics may be, black leaders want to avert the risks of a period of "benign neglect" once recommended by New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Says Chicago's Jesse Jackson: "Blacks must have a willingness to engage in mass direct action to dramatize particular issues. Unless we pui 20,000 or 30,000 people in the streets of 30 major areas around the country, the haves will not develop a consciousness to recognize the have-nots...
Coach Raynor, attempting to avert a rout, pulled most of his starting team when the score reached 59-34. Bentley responded by switching to an aggressive man-to-man defense which seemed to baffle the Crimson substitutes entering the game anticipating a zone...