Word: staving
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...comrades--not even a marginally redeeming love story, as in Leaving Las Vegas. Drinking themselves to death is an inevitability these men seem to accept. Behind locked doors and chained to their dwindling fifths of J&B in the midst of chaos, they are defensive warriors trying to stave off a mad, mad world that cruelly demands that the drunk be healed. Like O'Brien, they see no point in bothering...
...first and most poignant casualties of the 1996 drought have been the cattle, grazing on blighted fields of stubble. Feed prices have, in some instances, tripled, while prices for cattle have been plummeting. Trying to stave off the inevitable, ranchers south of San Antonio have been hiring day laborers to "burn pear," Texas lingo for applying a butane torch to the cactus and searing off the spines so that cattle can munch on what remains. But many ranchers across the affected regions have given up, offering at auction the creatures they can no longer afford to feed...
...effort to stave off the impending renovations, the committee met with Rudenstine and Knowles on February...
Last week, as I was getting my hair cut in Harvard Square, the stylist asked what my concentration was. When I told her it was American history and literature, I immediately added a sarcastic, "really practical, I know," to stave off any such comments from her. It's a reflex by now. She observed that many Harvard students major in such seemingly impractical subjects and wondered whether Harvard even offers more "useful" majors such as journalism or accounting. I told her no; she said, "I guess the Harvard name is all you need." I said I certainly hoped...
...nutrients known as antioxidants--vitamin A, vitamin E, beta carotene and others--seem nothing short of miraculous. Studies suggest that they may help stave off all sorts of ills, from cancer to heart disease to aging. That has spurred consumers to pay big bucks for antioxidant pills of various descriptions...