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...typically poor Crimson defense was unable to stave off a relentless B.U. offense and the Terriers came gunning for Prestifilippo early in the first period...
Unable to stave off Cornell's offensive surge any longer, Mazzoleni swapped Prestifilippo with junior goaltender Oliver Jonas for the remainder of the game...
...think it's interesting that they decided to stave off elections for 25 percent of the council until after they are themselves re-elected," she said...
This experience was a little jolting. After all, I spend a significant amount of time dreading my impending "adulthood," which entails getting a steady job and buying life insurance and wallpaper. As a sophomore I'm already contemplating which fellowships I could get so as to stave off being a grown up for a few more years. Therefore imagine my shock when the participants at this year's annual Harvard Model United Nations (HMUN) conference, only a few years younger than myself, readily treated me like a grown up. I tried to inform them of their gross mistake. I purposefully...
...because of innovation, not because of smarter programmers, [but] because of monopoly powers Microsoft [attempted] to stave off a potential threat to their monopoly," he said...