Word: staving
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While HGH cannot make time stand still, it may help stave off some of the worst effects of aging, including the muscle deterioration that leaves many older people unable to climb stairs or carry groceries. No one yet knows if the larger muscles that HGH stimulates in the elderly will function as younger muscles do. But if that turns out to be the case, at least some of the elderly could get a chance to be more active and productive in their final years...
...vengeance's sake, exact a pound of flesh. Their motivation for doing so is reinforced by the perceived indifference of the press to individuals' rights and sensibilities. Though many newspapers have established corrections policies, few offer the aggrieved a hearing before an impartial arbiter. No arbitration process will stave off all lawsuits, of course. But until more news organizations create other remedies for the aggrieved, they and their attorneys will constantly be in court, hoping for a sympathetic hearing from judges and juries who are far from convinced that the press is really on the side of the angels...
...Bank of Japan would have moved sooner to raise interest rates and stave off inflation, but it was stymied by the Ministry of Finance, which wanted to delay the increase in an effort to prop up stock prices and sustain economic growth. The battle between the central bank and the Finance Ministry was unusually public and sparked widespread anxiety among investors. "For the first time in memory, there was an open dispute. That was very un-Japanese, and it caused a lot of uncertainty," observes Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International. By midweek the Finance Ministry agreed...
...children predicted that imminent changes in Russia would lead to the spread of totalitarian, atheist, antihuman regimes throughout the world. To stave off this spread, the children warned, the people of the world must undergo an inner conversion and commit themselves to the selfless act of praying for others...
Couch potatoes, your last excuse is gone. You knew you should be getting into your running shoes and hitting the pavement. After all, everyone concedes that exercising is one of the best ways to stave off heart attacks and other health problems. But hard physical exertion is downright unpleasant, and you -- along with about 50 million other sedentary Americans -- could be forgiven for putting it off or avoiding it altogether...