Word: averting
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...policy in Iraq was leading the country "toward disintegration? and a civil war that could engulf the region. When a reporter asked about his grim prognosis, the Saudi prince replied that he had faith that the Arab League?s efforts to host negotiations among all Iraqi factions might avert chaos. ?My fears which I have expressed earlier are much more eased today than they were at the time that I expressed them,? Saud said softly...
...Philip Roth. The uncontested master of comic irony comes up with another ticklish situation: a writer named Philip Roth journeys to Israel to confront a Philip Roth imposter who is trying to persuade Jews to go back to Europe and re-establish Yiddish culture. This new Diaspora aims to avert an Arab-engineered Holocaust by returning Israelis to the countries of their ancestors. Seriously funny about Middle East madness, Roth riffs with an abandon not seen since Portnoy's Complaint...
...campus to avoid crossing the union’s picket lines.In his statement, Beckman said that the university will try to minimize the disruption from the strike.“Our classes and activities will go forward,” he said. Union officials said the university administration could avert the strike by coming to the bargaining table.“We can end this at any time if they sit down to negotiate with us,” Valentine said. “The ball is in their court.”—Staff writer David Zhou...
...million people homeless. Relief efforts have been severely hampered by the remoteness of many places hit by the quake, and by the lack of money for aid and assistance. The U.N. said last week that, with winter blizzards just weeks away, it urgently needed $550 million to avert a second wave of deaths from cold, yet had only received one-fifth of that...
...Losing their birds is a tough blow to the residents of the idyllic Danube Delta. But they will be hoping that the sacrifice of their flocks will avert a far deeper tragedy...