Word: averting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enacted in March 1982. Buoyed further by larger-than-expected tax revenues, state officials have predicted a $650 million surplus by the end of fiscal 1985 and an early repeal of the surcharge. In Indiana, Republican Governor Robert Orr called the state legislature into special session last December to avert an estimated 1983 shortfall of $452 million. The result: a $1.8 billion tax hike, the largest in Indiana history, and painful delays in state payments for schools, universities and local subsidies. The state finished the fiscal year $60.4 million in the black, with forecast surpluses of $96.1 million...
...told a Beirut newspaper that the Syrians were trying to force him out of Tripoli, but insisted, "I'm staying with my people and my forces to face our common destiny." He appealed to Syrian President Hafez Assad to stop the fighting and to other countries to help avert a possible "massacre" of his followers. For weeks there had been rumors that Assad was determined to bring down Arafat before the next Arab summit conference, which is due to convene Nov. 25 in Riyadh...
...challenge to Chancellor Helmut Kohl's government. Many questioned the continued usefulness of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the wisdom of its strategy for defending Western Europe. No one believed that U.S. and Soviet negotiators would reach an agreement at the Geneva arms talks in time to avert the missiles' arrival (though West German opposition Disarmament Spokesman Egon Bahr last week recommended acceptance of a Soviet position in the talks). Nor did most protesters seriously think that by penetrating U.S. military bases they could block deployment physically. What they sought instead was a display large enough...
...third quarter saw Brown increase its lead to 9-3 and although the Crimson played well in the final period, it could do nothing to avert the 11-7 final...
...misses the point, the network and the film makers spell it out in grave white letters just before the final fade: "It is hoped that the images of this film will inspire the nations of this earth, their people and leaders, to find the means to avert the fateful...