Word: averted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what to do about the pictures taken that fateful night. The National Enquirer's Coz says he will not purchase any such photos, in an effort "to send a message." Someone may well publish a picture from the tunnel, and to keep blood off its hands, the public must avert its eyes. We can blame the press only if we stop watching...
...Mobutu was long overdue. He was flying too high. He should nonetheless be commended for keeping an impotent band of troops, which helped avert massive bloodshed in the diamond-rich Central African state. I hope somebody will offer Kabila an honorary degree as a Destroyer of the Dictatorship. He is a man of determination and well-founded principles. I'm sure he knows better what the country needs. ALEXANDER KALIMBIRA Corvallis...
...October the rebels of Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces have surged across two-thirds of the vast nation, while Mobutu's untrained and underpaid soldiers ran away from town after town or laid down their weapons and cheered the new regime. International diplomats stepped in last week to avert a final clash as the rebels' relentless offensive, apparently unopposed, neared the capital of Kinshasa...
...Talk about RUNNING nowhere fast. Men who consistently jog 40 miles or more a week still put on pounds as they age--about 3.3 lbs. per decade, plus about 3/4 of an inch on their waistlines. How to avert the girth? Tack on more and more miles each year...
...trying to conceive a child. Lott was an only child and, like Clinton, was treated as an adult from an early age. Both were called upon to mediate frequent arguments between their parents, though Lott's father, unlike Clinton's, was not physically abusive. Still, both men learned to avert conflict, avoid touchy subjects and try to keep everyone happy. Both also developed traits useful for counting votes. Says Lott: "I learned to watch people's body language, look in their eyes to see whether what you were hearing was what they were really saying...