Word: averting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Earlier reports indicated attempts were being made to avert civil war. Behind the scene of troop movements and formal government changes, according to Washington reports, representatives of the King and leaders of the junta were conducting negotiations...
...capital control: tariff walls, trade wars and isolationist trade blocs. While these projected consequences have unpleasant economic results, the political reverberations could be awesome. We are marching steadily toward a dangerous confrontation between the rich and poor nations of this small planet. Together, the U.S. and Europe can avert tragedy. But without the cohesion of the Atlantic region, the peace and prosperity-indeed the ultimate survival-of mankind could be in dire jeopardy. We are approaching a crossroads of profound importance...
...Avert Disaster. There is a good possibility that Hussein was offering considerably more in private than he appeared to be in public. High-placed Arabs in both Egypt and Jordan have been leaking reports that the Arabs are indeed willing to negotiate face to face with Israel, to sign a formal peace treaty and even to concede such land as the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Whatever Hussein brought with him, there was no question of the urgency with which he brought it. The war left Jordan in deep trouble, and Hussein badly needs to find...
...never had it so good," it is doubtful that U.S. voters will give him all the credit. "They think that they had something to do with it, too," says a Democratic strategist. Johnson contends that his proposed 10% surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes would help avert inflation, but he is having little luck in persuading Congress. Unless the surcharge is enacted, he warns, in a particularly infelicitous phrase that he has been using frequently, most Americans will wind up paying an "inaction inflation tax." Example: a family with a $10,000 income would pay an additional...
...group of about 300 demonstrators met in Mallinckrodt Hall last night and agreed to four demands which it says the Harvard Administration must meet by next Monday to avert further student protest. Dean Glimp said the Faculty will meet "next Tuesday or Wednesday" to consider the group's demands...