Word: staved
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...story on the occasion observed, President Manuel Roxas took over a war-shattered country with "no national economy, no export trade. Next to Warsaw, Manila is the world's most devastated city." Two decades later, in a laudatory account of President Marcos' efforts to beef up the Philippine economy, stave off the Communist-dominated Huk rebellion and give the nation a sense of identity, TIME suggested that in a country with a "perennial need for heroes, Marcos -- with luck -- could meet that need...
...immediate effects of devaluation by freezing prices on medicines and basic foods. He also increased salaries for government workers 17%, hiked the minimum daily wage for peasants and industrial workers from $1 to $1.60, and froze rents on low-income housing. But these measures are not likely to stave off labor unrest if the country's downward economic spiral continues...
Tired after a five hour bus ride, the icewomen (now 1-2) couldn't put it together all evening long, but managed to stave off Princeton for the first 40 minutes thanks to a spectacular 25-save effort by Harvard freshman goalie Jennifer White...
Reagan's trade initiative was an attempt to stave off an avalanche of more than 200 protectionist bills pending on Capitol Hill. The President, a longtime advocate of free trade, had first signaled a shift in his radio message on Sept. 7. He threatened retaliatory measures against four U.S. trading partners that discriminate against some American products, including tobacco goods in Japan and canned fruit in the European Community. It was the first time Reagan had issued such warnings without being asked to do so by a U.S. industry. The President stressed that there was still time to resolve...
...huge Pentagon office complex, believing that the U.S. is just a couple of years and a few billion dollars away from a defense structure that will equal the Soviets' and create an environment in which diplomats can work for peace free of worry about arms imbalances. His task: to stave off the forces that now would dramatically cut defense spending...