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...immediate effects of devaluation by freezing prices on medicines and basic foods. He also increased salaries for government workers 17%, hiked the minimum daily wage for peasants and industrial workers from $1 to $1.60, and froze rents on low-income housing. But these measures are not likely to stave off labor unrest if the country's downward economic spiral continues...
Tired after a five hour bus ride, the icewomen (now 1-2) couldn't put it together all evening long, but managed to stave off Princeton for the first 40 minutes thanks to a spectacular 25-save effort by Harvard freshman goalie Jennifer White...
Reagan's trade initiative was an attempt to stave off an avalanche of more than 200 protectionist bills pending on Capitol Hill. The President, a longtime advocate of free trade, had first signaled a shift in his radio message on Sept. 7. He threatened retaliatory measures against four U.S. trading partners that discriminate against some American products, including tobacco goods in Japan and canned fruit in the European Community. It was the first time Reagan had issued such warnings without being asked to do so by a U.S. industry. The President stressed that there was still time to resolve...
...huge Pentagon office complex, believing that the U.S. is just a couple of years and a few billion dollars away from a defense structure that will equal the Soviets' and create an environment in which diplomats can work for peace free of worry about arms imbalances. His task: to stave off the forces that now would dramatically cut defense spending...
Tuning in to CBS's continuing battle to stave off a takeover by Ted Turner is like following one of the network's own soap operas: the plot seems to unfold at a painstakingly slow pace. But that is just the story line that CBS likes. Steady resistance and attack on all fronts seems to be CBS's strategy in its efforts to thwart the flamboyant entrepreneur's hostile bid. Some observers are comparing it with ABC's determined opposition in the 1960s to attempted takeovers by Norton Simon and Howard Hughes...