Word: staving
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Though routine maintenance work can way to stave off larger construction projects, the College should “expect that at some point, you may have to commit to a bigger period of time” to confront larger problems from a wider perspective, Dingman said last week...
No.1 singles saw Kumar stave off a second-set comeback attempt by senior Jason Pinsky The Harvard senior stormed out early by breaking serve in the first game, but Pinsky crawled back and tied the set up at 5-5 with a break of his own. Kumar ultimately pulled away with another break in the 11th game, setting up service...
...period, however, was a different story. In the final frame, Princeton won 4-of-6 faceoffs while the Crimson committed eight turnovers and managed only 2-of-6 clears. The result was constant pressure on Harvard’s defense. Although Crimson goaltender Joe Pike did his best to stave off the Princeton attack, the Tigers cut the lead to 7-6 midway through the period. Harvard got a little breathing room when junior midfielder Jeff Wannop notched his first collegiate goal. His score came on an unassisted effort, as he circled from behind the crease, jumped, and fired...
...Rumors are flying that Yahoo is teaming up with AOL, the long-suffering Internet division of Time Warner (which is also the parent company of TIME), as a way to stave off an unwanted merger. At the same time, there are reports that Microsoft is buddying up with News Corp. so that the two companies can increase Yahoo's offering price and corner their catch. While many industry watchers still believe that Microsoft will gobble up Yahoo eventually, chances are it will have to pay a lot more for its meal...
...Bangladesh and the Philippines, which are dependent on imported rice to feed their large populations. A November cyclone in Bangladesh ravaged the fall crop, destroying some 800,000 metric tons of rice and forcing the country to import an extra 2.4 million metric tons from India simply to stave off famine. In Vietnam, bad weather and pest outbreaks hurt harvests. In the Philippines, where some 68 million people live on less than $2 a day, the government recently urged restaurants to halve their portions of rice. Credit Suisse estimates a shortage could cost the Philippines...