Word: staves
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cheers of multitudes were welcome indeed, particularly since each stop, each spectacle, was beamed in living color back to [U.S.] living rooms...[H]ome was never like this, and the President's aides were convinced that the accolades abroad would strengthen Nixon's hand in his battle to stave off impeachment. The hegira to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Israel and Jordan had, of course, far broader purposes. It constituted not only what some Nixon critics scorned as "impeachment diplomacy" but also sound foreign policy. His trip, said Nixon, was "another journey for peace," like his earlier trips to Moscow...
...November 1993, Kathleen Willey became aware of just how bad things were--her husband owed the IRS $400,000, and he had stolen $275,000 from a client. Ed, who was also being threatened with disbarment, begged Kathleen to sign a note for the stolen amount to stave off his creditors. She reluctantly agreed but over the next two weeks hounded her husband for a plan to rescue the family. He had none. A meeting the Sunday after Thanksgiving with their children dissolved into a shouting match, and Ed moved out of their home. The next day Kathleen sought...
...Stanfordahead, 63-62, with 3:58 left in the game, itbecame evident that the contest would go down tothe wire. After Scott sent the partisan crowd of5,137 into a frenzy with two more from the charitystripe one minute later, the Cardinal looked likeit might be able to stave off the scare from theCrimson...
Searching for a "cherry waffle knit" to stave off the February chill? Dying for a "sky popover"? If you have a hearty appetite, you can devour pages of seemingly delectable delights--pages of the latest J. Crew catalog...
...coral reefs for which the island is famous. A new Governor, Pedro Tenorio, was inaugurated last week, pledging to reduce the tensions with Washington. "It is in our best interest to see the system work," he says. But Tenorio does not plan to close down the garment industry to stave off a federal takeover. "I think it's premature for me to say 'Close down' after these people invested so much money." Since the Chinese and Korean firms moved in, Saipan's revenues have jumped from $224 million in 1985 to $2 billion last year...