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Word: averting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...what White called "a move to avert defeat," Peterson, charged with inactivity throughout his tenure, introduced a program of revitalization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: White's Backers Gain Pre-Election Victory | 2/3/1959 | See Source »

President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles were reported yesterday to be hopeful their talks with the Soviety deputy premier may lead eventually to a softening of Moscow's German policies. They particularly hope to avert a war-threatening crisis over Berlin...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: U.S. to Consult Allies on Plans For Big Four German Parley; Castro Ridicules Batista Threat | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...investigate" the troubled Syrian situation, Nasser announced appointment of a three-man committee, including his police boss, Zakaria Mohieddin, and Vice President Akram Hourani, the Baath Socialist leader who rushed his country into union with Egypt last year precisely to avert a Communist takeover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Turning Point | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...decision was reportedly made without any direct pressure from the Deans, and was designed not so much to avert official action as to prevent further complications with the University...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: 'Poon Board Abolishes Fools' Week Tradition | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

...nothing can avert the final curtain's fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Pasternak's Way | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

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