Word: staving
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...billion to give the Pentagon “every resource, every weapon, and every tool they need.” Instead of working out problems that will flare up into national security threats later on, we are overspending and indulging our military in the hopes that we can stave off these threats as they develop. Such an approach will perpetuate the need for always increasing military expenditures. A recent report from the National Intelligence Council identifies the AIDS epidemic as a threat to global and regional security because of its potential to disrupt the military, political and social aspects...
...ranked No. 47 nationally, took on No. 62-ranked Whi Kim from the University of Arizona in the first round Thursday. They split the first two sets before Kim nearly broke Chu late in the third. The sophomore was able to stave off the break points, then break himself and take the match...
...parking woes for municipal officials are not self-contained in D.C. Here in Boston, City Councilor Chuck Turner, who represents Roxbury, spent his summer try to stave off his seventh license suspension. Turner has been issued 31 parking tickets since January 2001. His RMV record runs five pages long. His most recent scuffle with law enforcement comes from the fact that he is driving a beat-up Chrysler that has failed its inspection. But this is nothing new for Turner, who has been known on several occasions to drive with an expired or revoked license. In addressing these violations...
Tauzin is so frustrated by Stewart that he may subpoena her to appear in September despite the Justice Department investigation. He has been negotiating for weeks with Stewart's lawyers, who are trying to stave off a summons that would create a difficult choice for the Princess of Propriety: testify at the risk of contradicting herself under oath or assert her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The latter is her legal privilege, but would do nothing to help the stock of her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, which has fallen 65% since the ImClone news broke...
...discovery that life can thrive under horrific conditions is a major scientific advance. But it could also turn out to be hugely profitable. Extremophiles survive by manufacturing all sorts of novel molecules. Some digest harsh chemicals; some protect DNA against destruction by radiation; some stave off searing heat or freezing cold. Entrepreneurs are racing to turn these molecules into products, just as was done in the 1980s with Thermus aquaticus, the Yellowstone bug exploited in the PCR technique widely used today to analyze...