Word: averting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...helped avert one lawsuit per year, I felt I was earning my salary,” Hill said...
Universities have the moral and legal responsibility for taking prudent action to avert problems that are known to be likely to occur...
Bush’s fear mongering has obscured the fact that if we choose not to invade, the world community will have many more opportunities to avert the Iraqi threat. Saddam cannot obtain the materials and equipment he needs to develop nuclear weapons without cooperation from nations with more advanced weapons programs. Although our relationships with potential suppliers like India, Pakistan, China and Russia have certainly not improved under Bush, there is time to work cooperatively toward tighter weapons controls and inspections...
Ginny was hearing mixed messages: on the one hand, Hilary's sixth-grade teacher, Michael Sanderson, called home with glowing reports about her latest perfect test score. But friends and relatives were becoming increasingly worried. Why did Hilary avert her eyes every time the subject of her father came up? What was behind the cheery facade? Why did she never ask why? Ginny scheduled several appointments with a psychiatrist, Gail McVey. She and Hilary talked mostly about books--Hilary and Ginny read one or two a week--and about memories of her father. After four visits, McVey gave Hilary...
...People's Princess Why could we not avert our eyes from Diana? Was it because she beckoned? Or was there something else we longed...