Word: staved
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Washington, who had declared during the campaign earlier this year that taxes would have to be increased to pay for those fiscal sins, made a desperate effort to stave off the financial branding from Wall Street. In July he made a television address, declaring the need for "immediate and drastic action" to prevent the city from going broke. According to the mayor's calculations then, the city was facing a $135 million deficit in its $1.9 billion budget...
...health club or old-fashioned gym, the new Spartans strive for improvement at each workout. This objective, which is achieved by exerting the muscles to their limits, paradoxically expands those limits, improving strength, flexibility and the capacity to use oxygen efficiently. Recent studies advise that regular exercise may help stave off heart attacks and clogged arteries; it is now being suggested as therapy for such noncardiovascular diseases as certain types of diabetes (the body's cells make better use of insulin) and asthma. For some people, heavy exercise like weight training seems to slow down the effects of aging...
...forswore his Gucci shoes and expensive suits for moccasins and old sweaters. He stuck close to matters of local concern, such as improving harbors and providing financial aid for fishermen, and cannily refused to be drawn into defining his stance on national issues. That was not enough to stave off noisy charges that Mulroney was a "cottager," or outsider. Nonetheless, his easy manner quickly won the admiration of crusty Nova Scotians. Mulroney trounced his closest rival in last week's by-election...
...crux of the military self-justification was its claim that security officials had a mandate to "annihilate subversive elements." The point is crucial to the many unrepentant officers, who fear a civilian probe and possible prosecution after the scheduled October elections. To stave off this prospect, the report flatly stated, the military would submit to no further questioning. Ominously, the military also warned that having once saved the nation from terror, it would not hesitate to "do so again...
...biggest threat still facing Jamaica is the worldwide slump in the aluminum industry, which serves as the backbone of the economy, Seaga said. In order to stave off heavy losses the U.S. has been buying up surplus Jamican bauxite, the raw form of aluminum...