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With rookie winger Dennis Packard in the sin bin for hooking, the Golden Knights capitalized on a late power play in the first period. Although the Crimson generated some quality offense with a man down, Harvard couldn't stave off its opponent's potent power play, currently at about 20 percent...
...George W. Bush's plan to cut taxes, Hormats argued that it probably wouldn't do anything to stave off a recession this year if, in fact, one is on the way. Tax cuts take too long to get through Congress and then affect the economy. Besides, Hormats suspects that Bush will reduce taxes by less than $125 billion this year, since anything more would cut into Social Security funds...
When the lights went out in California last month, cash registers rang up north. In one critical 24-hour period on Jan. 18, British Columbia Hydro supplied more than one-third of the power desperate Californians needed to stave off a statewide blackout. The rescue didn't come cheap: the utility may have earned $3 million from the deal. "It's been a windfall," admits B.C. Hydro spokesman Wayne Cousins...
...punitive damages allowed by the bill--undermining his previous campaign promise to support a bipartisan solution to the problem of patients' rights. Bush has already persuaded Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) to withdraw his name from sponsorship of the bill in the House. Should Bush continue his efforts to stave off a plan that may well have the support of 60 senators, he will undermine his claim to govern as a uniter, not a divider...
...program on HIV/AIDS) jawboned the companies to set lower prices for developing countries. Finally, just before the international AIDS conference held last July in Durban, South Africa, five major pharmaceuticals joined an "Accelerated Access" program to negotiate 60% to 80% reductions in AIDS-drug prices for poor nations. To stave off a wave of compulsory licensing around the globe, one company has said it will match generic prices where it can't block copycat production...