Word: averted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...avert a collapse, coalition leaders devised a complex face-saving formula. Under it, Shamir and Moda'i would swap jobs, with Shamir taking over the finance portfolio and Moda'i becoming Foreign Minister. The assignments would last until next fall, when Shamir becomes Prime Minister. Moda'i could then return to the Finance Ministry...
...instant access is very important, especially for bulimics, according to McKenna. "The key thing is to avert a binge," she says. "Often that can be done by contact with another human being. Most people binge at night, when a psychiatrist or counselor isn't available. The cycle might be interrupted by just making a call," says McKenna...
...officials agreed to help the U.S. reduce the value of its currency in an effort to trim the dangerously high American trade deficit, which hit a record $148.5 billion last year. These industrial powers, known as the Group of Five, were convinced that bringing the dollar down could help avert a trade war. At the time, the U.S. Congress was particularly incensed about America's $50 billion deficit with Japan...
...ruling Socialists also pulled out their biggest gun. In a televised, prime-time appearance, President Francois Mitterrand appealed for support for his party in order to avert "a kind of disorder, a very great difficulty...
...avert your eyes yet. Mulvoy next drops his guise as sports media mastermind, revealing himself as none other than America's premiere critic of contemporary art: "what I did give you is tasteful pictures of the highest quality by one of the greatest photographers in the country." No doubt, it takes a true cultural luminary to appreciate the aesthetics--to see the symbolism, perhaps? Oh, I'm sorry Mark, we wouldn't want to read too much of our sexist society into an innocuous swimsuit-unclad photomontage...