Word: stave
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...stand in the regime's planned runoff, he remains reluctant to hand Milosevic an uncontested victory. The U.S. and Europe encouragingly promise to lift economic sanctions on Yugoslavia and dish out reconstruction aid if Kostunica takes office. But Washington in particular is keeping its distance to stave off charges of interfering to get rid of Milosevic. "Ultimately," Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told TIME, "the people themselves have...
...Medicare plan would encourage price competition between managed-care providers - it's not the one-size-fits-all program Bush claims - Gore dodges the toughest entitlement questions: when and by how much to trim benefits, increase premiums or raise the eligibility age for future retirees in order to stave off the eventual bankruptcy of Medicare and Social Security. He simply maintains that none of it will be necessary, as if wishing made it so. "The campaign mechanics, with their poll tests and dial meters, don't encourage a robust, full-flowering debate on entitlement reform," says a Gore adviser...
...Crimson was particularly at risk when the Eagles lined up for corner kicks. Throughout the entire game, BC created several scoring chances off corners, but Harvard managed to stave off all of those attacks...
...stand in the regime's planned runoff, he remains reluctant to hand Milosevic an uncontested victory. The U.S. and Europe encouragingly promise to lift economic sanctions on Yugoslavia and dish out reconstruction aid if Kostunica takes office. But Washington in particular is keeping its distance to stave off charges of interfering to get rid of Milosevic. "Ultimately," Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told TIME, "the people themselves have...
Looks like you can cross off Bill Richardson from the shortlist for jobs in the Gore administration. The beleaguered energy secretary absorbed another blow Thursday when Al Gore took aim at rising fuel prices, urging President Clinton to tap federal petroleum reserves in order to stave off a winter of soaring heating costs - and an autumn of voter discontent. The presidential hopeful, campaigning near Washington, called on Congress to allocate $400 million in energy assistance for low-income families, and to provide tax credits to oil distribution companies...