Word: averter
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...compose the management which has tried to run the club on the principle not of the best singer but the jolliest fellow; the management which has conducted itself disgracefully at out of town concerts; the management which had charge of the present concert and which did absolutely nothing to avert the failure which the club...
Queen Elizabeth tried every means in her power to avert the threatening invasion. Again and again English and Spanish ambassadors met, but to no purpose. When Admirable Blake inflicted a severe blow upon the Spanish-navy, the queen immediately sent messages of apology to Spain, although the very ships that Drake had destroyed were intended for England's conquest. The people of England, however, were far more ready and willing to face the danger. In spite of the meagre appropriations of the government a fleet was built and an army organized...
...victory was won, rather than on the street or in the college yard. Jarvis is far better in its facilities and its position, and we cannot afford to sun the gauntlet of the city authorities or to put our trees and college buildings in jeopardy. A little discretion may avert a deal of mischief...
...same time urging us to live an active life, not to wait for some better opportunity to do good, but to adjust ourselves to the environments in which God has placed us. The cultivation of our souls lies as much in doing good to others as in attempting to avert uncleanliness from ourselves...
...Harvard had won, and no authentic information was had until about nine o'clock the true score was brought out from Bostom. Such a state of uncertainty was a source of continual worry and anxiety, and no wonder men felt as though they had not been treated fairly. To avert a like state of affairs again, the manager should be instructed to send the score of every game played away from Cambridge without fail, and then perhaps those who remain here will not be hoodwinked into cheering pseudo Harvard victories...