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Should Hill lose his job, his fate may have been decided by a matter of 24 points. That was the combined margin of defeat in Columbia’s four closest losses. A different result in those games probably would have been enough to stave off the vultures and give Hill a chance to try his luck again in what figures to be a wide-open race next season...
Crimson senior forward Sam Winter converted both of his one-and-one opportunities and sophomore guard David Giovacchini made the first of his in the final 30 seconds of play to stave off the charging Lions...
Chronically forgetful book-borrowers across campus will now receive a little help in their struggle to stave off library fines—in the form of e-mail reminders two days before their books...
Midway through the third game, Illingworth tripped and got up holding his hand. The incident did not seem to affect his play, though, and he continued to stave off Broadbent’s furious comeback efforts...
...regime understands that there is no choice. Vice President Taha Yassim Ramadan said last week that Iraq was determined not to give the inspectors cause to complain. "We don't want to give the US administration any pretext to attack," he said. Officials are hoping cooperation won't only stave off a conflict that could enrage a war-weary populace, but perhaps even bring an end to the sanctions that has ruined the once prosperous economy...