Word: staving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...self-proclaimed King of the Deal managed to stave off disaster again -- but for how long? Last week Donald Trump missed a $47 million semiannual interest payment on $675 million worth of junk bonds used to finance his Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. Taj bondholders had the right to foreclose completely on the casino, but the developer persuaded them to go into business with him instead...
...French governments, among others, are already saying that if anything happens it is likely to happen then. Patience with the U.N. trade embargo against Iraq may be wearing thin, and the armed alliance in Saudi Arabia could be showing rifts. Action may be necessary to stave off dissolution...
...quench their thirst and stave off dehydration, U.S. troops in the 120 degreesF Saudi Arabian desert must drink up to 8 gal. of water a day. Much of the vital liquid comes from local bottled well water that is cumbersome to transport...
...Henry Kravis were approaching with an ax instead of a buyout offer." Burrough may have hit the peak of fascination with 1980s whodunits. As the 1990s wear on, his agent Andrew Wylie says with literary disdain, readers are likely to become more interested in advice books on "how to stave off disaster...
...Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush -- and enshrined in Executive Order 12333, issued in 1981 and still in effect. Within the Executive Branch, that order has the full force of law. So the U.S. government could not legally kill Saddam Hussein, even if the dictator's death would stave off or shorten a Middle East...