Word: stave
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...America (the U.S. says no to both), the E.U. Stability and Growth Pact is to France and Germany. The pact enjoins all 12 members of the euro bloc to maintain strict fiscal discipline. Above all, they were to keep their deficit spending below 3% of GDP in order to stave off inflation. But what's a sacrosanct international agreement when the national interest comes calling? France and Germany suffer from close-to-zero growth and close-to-double-digit unemployment rates. So why not spend their way out of the slump, never mind yesterday's vows? With about...
...another frigid flu season draws near, University Health Services (UHS) hopes to help students stave off the annual menace...
Today record companies are trying to stave off the threat from downloading. But back in 1973, when TIME ran a cover story on POP RECORDS, the industry saw only platinum skies...
...disarm lead inspectors to weapons and production sites, answer questions before they are asked, state publicly and often the intention to disarm and urge their citizens to cooperate.” Saddam did none of these things. Had he been disarming, he would have had every incentive to stave off potential U.N. retaliation and demonstrate fully his cooperation with its resolutions. In fact, he had much to hide as evidenced by his prior willingness to use weapons of mass destruction. In March 1988, Saddam attacked the Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical weapons and cluster bombs, and in August...
...captain goalkeeper Katie Zacarian led the defensive effort with six saves, including five in the second half to stave off a belated Bulldog rally...