Word: staved
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sensation of the movie era that also elevated Ronald Reagan, showed up to plead against changes in children's programs that she supports. Luscious Liz Taylor, newly svelte, and some weary turtles from the fifth-rate aquarium kept in the Commerce Department basement were enlisted to stave off the budget knife for their respective interests, the arts and sea life. The National Symphony fiddled through Rimsky-Korsakov last week to mellow members of Congress who must vote on endangered federal funds for the arts. Wherever one dines these days in Washington, there is, over the $50 (for two) lunches...
...first use of force by police since Poland's labor troubles began last July-and the first serious breakdown in the tenuous recent truce between the government and Solidarity. The nation's workers reacted angrily. Lech Walesa and other Solidarity leaders, who had been trying to stave off strikes and work stoppages elsewhere, rushed to Bydgoszcz to comfort the injured and demand retribution against the police. Addressing an overflow meeting of outraged unionists, Walesa alternately stirred his listeners with attacks on the Communist apparatus and urged them not to react too rashly. "Those bandits and sadists from...
...next 14 months, Haig in effect held the White House together while Nixon battled to stave off impeachment...
...journey in the Philippines was officially billed as "pastoral," and included a beatification ceremony in Manila's Luneta Park. But the Pope knew he was ministering to a troubled flock. Just last month, in an effort to stave off criticism in advance of John Paul's visit, Marcos had slightly softened his autocratic rule by decreeing an end to more than eight years of martial law. It was largely an empty gesture; the President retains most of the government machinery in his own hands...
...country's 3.2 million independent farmers, who own their own land, were not employees and under Polish law were therefore ineligible for membership in a true union with the right of collective bargaining. By holding out the vague offer of association status, however, the judges hoped to stave off the widespread strikes and protests that had been threatened in the event of an outright rejection. Though there was disappointed grumbling outside the court building, Walesa helped keep tempers cool by calling the verdict "a tie, but one that gives us a great deal." He added: "We must now take...