Word: stave
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contest was decided almost immediately. The Titans jumped to an untouchable six-point margin after one minute of play. And when Arnie Needleman injured his ankle while trying to stave off the Oral onslaught, the Crimson spirit dissipated into the Oklahoma...
...about to lose his house. Remembering a device used during the Depression, Father John Carew, 70, announced formation of a Save-a-Home Fund. When he made his appeal, Carew said last week, churchgoers "tore the place down with their clapping." The collection produced $5,000-enough to stave off the foreclosure and to help others that the recession threatens to turn out of house and home...
...from West Germany is supposed to be paid back in March. But the money has disappeared as fast as a "drop of water on a hot stove," according to outgoing Treasury Minister Emilio Colombo, and Italy is going to need even more loans in the next few months to stave off bankruptcy and pay for oil. Italy is more dependent on imported fuel than any other European country and has been especially hard hit by the rise in petroleum prices. Meanwhile, capital is fleeing the country; in October alone, $378 million was transferred from Italian banks to foreign ones...
Having made his point-in gloomier words than have been uttered recently by any other statesman, including U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger -Giscard then turned political leader and tried to offer solutions that might stave off the catastrophe. Although Giscard contended that France was in a better position than some other countries, he discarded the old Gaullist emphasis on national sovereignty and talked of interdependence among nations. He repeatedly used the French word concertation, which means cooperation and coordination, to describe the goal of France's new, post-Gaullist policy...
Harvard held on to a 1-0 lead going into the second quarter, thanks to a score by Harold Martin and the shutout goaltending of Fred Harold. But Exeter was soon able to wear out the Crimson, and their 6 ft. 5 in., 235 lb. goalkeeper managed to stave off any further Crimson attack...