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China's milk disaster might have been averted , or fewer people affected, had China's leaders permitted journalists to do their jobs.

S. had not deployed any missiles. Thanks to Petrov's cool head, nuclear war had been narrowly averted, and millions of lives were saved.

He lived reclusively and appeared to be suffering financial troubles: an auction of Neverland goods was averted at the last moment.

Regulators and politicians have tried to do some of the things that might have averted the last crisis.

Luckily for her mother, an engagement was swiftly drummed up and political disaster averted, but it was a close run thing.

A conversion to Islam was averted, however, as the next day we were issued Uzbek visas upon the spot.

The dark forces of civil conflict and sectarian war will have to be averted, and difficult political and economic concerns addressed.

Such a possibility appears to have been averted for now, but inklings of further trouble are not far from the horizon.

For a moment, it looked as if the crisis of Bani Walid, one of Muammar Gaddafi's purported cities of refuge, had been averted.

The accident might have been averted if proper procedures had been followed.

It is possible that the optimists are correct about the relative ease of obtaining new sources and that shortages can be averted.

To Malfoy's left, his wife made an odd, stiff nod, her eyes averted from Voldemort and the snake.

THANKS to a mix of luck and good decisions, the economic apocalypse that loomed over central and eastern Europe seems to have been averted.

But legislation was always going to be a case of bad news averted, not good news created.

His simple insight was that many suicides could be averted if the despairing had emotional support in their darkest hour.

The prevailing opinion seems to Be that a trade war can Be averted if Both countries make concessions.

But if one or both of these fears could be decisively averted, that might be the fuel for a market rally.

The disaster expected to be implemented by the dark ones has been averted.

After Kennedy conferred with all of his White House advisors, a balanced course of action defused the crisis. War was averted .

Two other employees at the facility have been severely injured in recent suicide attempts; the company says it has averted a further 20.

Even if Greece's government survives the next vote, financial markets are likely to remain unconvinced that default can be averted for long.

the relief policy had averted starvation , no doubt , but suicide , personal quarrel , unhappy homes.

Hopes that the fracture of the euro zone might be averted by far-sighted policymakers could give way to a belief that it is inevitable.

But if a global economic downturn is to be averted, some believe central banks in Europe and elsewhere will have to follow the Fed's lead.

Mr. Nie has also been praised for having averted disaster, parachuting out of a plane that lost control and entered a steep dive.

The two boys averted their eyes and gazed into a far corner of the room.

She averted her eyes from the terrible scene in front of her.

disgustedly, she averted her eyes when they brought in the mutilated body of the horse.

As definitions of a good outcome they started with two simple measures: the number of infections averted, and the number of deaths averted.

Police in the northern state of Assam have averted a repeat of the Mumbai blasts in Baska district near the capital Guwahati.

Copyright (c) 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. The conference averted a collapse of the diplomatic groundwork laid out in the Kyoto agreement.

The notion that dangerous climate change can be averted for a mere 1% of global GDP depends on policy being efficient.

The accident that the axle bush was burns away is averted, the efficiency production is increased and a good effect is obtained.

Disaster, at least on the Great Depression scale, has been averted.

The hostess averted a confrontation between the two guests with an adroit and diplomatic change of subject.

If fellow residents know one another well, there will be more mutual help and understanding among them, and many problems can be averted.

The benefits, in terms of pollution averted, lives saved and so on, were far higher: $122 billion to $656 billion a year.

The threat to the single currency could have been averted by the exercise of collective political resolve.

This hazard can be averted by building small notches in the racetrack's sides, spaced at the intended size of the bits.

Last week, Congress averted a government shutdown by enacting a stop-gap spending measure that funds federal agencies for a two-week period.

Health outcomes were calculated as deaths averted and discounted years of life lost (YLLs) averted.

You hear this phrase often used to suggest a disaster had been averted.

In Sao Paulo, Brazil, it could mean as many as 1, 000 premature deaths averted in a year, they said.

But while many more of us may be living alone in cities, with some thought loneliness can be averted, the report suggested.

Since the launch of the program in 2000, GAVI estimates that 5 million premature deaths have been averted by its immunization efforts.

A crisis of sorts has been averted at the White House. The email system is back up and running.

I averted my eyes since the diverse advertisements to the invert converter.

It is true that Rio's funding crisis has been averted; credit default swap prices are less than a quarter of this year's highs.

During the financial crisis, only energetic arm-twisting and deep-pocketed IMF and EU support averted a meltdown of the economy.

There must BE immediate action if chaos is to BE averted.

Financial collapse was averted in 2008 by an effort of collaboration between world leaders.

The United States narrowly averted a fiscal crisis. Some EU members are facing mounting sovereign debt risks.

But we appear to have averted the worst: utter catastrophe no longer seems likely.

There were stains, too, from which she averted her eyes.

All prove that, with concerted effort, this disease can be averted and controlled on a national scale.

The crisis was averted just before a midnight deadline when party leaders agreed to a deal that included spending cuts.

But the risk he described is a real one, and it cannot be averted by local politics alone.

The tragedy of the commons as a food basket is averted by private property, or something formally like it.

But would such a structure have averted the euro crisis?

THE charred underpants of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tell the story of a terrorist attack averted only by luck.

He averted his eyes from the scene of the accident.

She averted her face: he apparently put some question which she had no mind to answer.

Mr. Bernanke argued Thursday, as he has for months, that his actions averted a far-worse crisis.

Now that the path toward meltdown has been averted, the significant problem of leaking radiation must be dealt with.

The premature euphoria of recent weeks owes more to relief at meltdown averted than to real evidence that recovery is under way.

The lessee pays a sum of deposit equal to 50% of the rented car's costs beforehand, and the warranty procedures can be averted.

Management based on high total CV risk optimizes the balance between the number requiring treatment and the number of CV events averted.

Another Russian gas conflict was averted, but a short oil war broke out instead. Europe should take heed.

The member states of the Swiss Confederation concluded the Diet of Stans, an agreement whereby civil war was averted.

In the scuffle that followed, bloodshed was averted only with the help of the socialist deputies in Parliament.

The grief that would be averted. The lives and futures that would be intact.

The owner of the factory averted a strike by agreeing to a five-percent pay increase.

Japan's struggling Daiei supermarket chain has averted possible bankruptcy by accepting a government-backed bailout.

Some difficulty overcome, some illness cured, some trouble averted, a parking space found at a crucial time.

Investors believed disaster had been averted.

He smiles and nods. Kevin is still watching me. I'm on thin ice, but the toy war is averted for now.

By factoring the unfavourable factors, disasters and crises can be averted.

Aggressive monetary policy and deficit spending have, for the time being, averted that danger.

That's certainly one lesson of the "Green Revolution" that averted the famines many apocalyptic environmentalists forecast in the 1970s.

If, however, an immediate collapse is averted, rising petrol costs could throw yet another wrench in the machinery of recovery.

The radical structural changes demanded by the rising social movements were averted.

With his excellent archery, Lv averted a fight between the two sides.

Just before Christmas, the airline averted another strike threat by cabin crew over its medical insurance policy.

After a few seconds, the aviator regained control and averted a disaster.

But in eight months we have averted disaster and created a platform for private sector recovery: a serious achievement.

The three leaders accept that they have not averted all the dangers, but claim to be making progress.

These issues may be averted by biodegradable stents, the authors maintain.

Faces that were looking directly at the viewer were judged more attractive than faces with averted gaze.

I averted my eyes from the diverse advertisements for the invert converter .

There actually is a way you can do this and its called "averted vision. "

There actually is a way you can do this and its called "averted vision. "

Although tragedy was averted, the incident raises important questions, not only for Rolls-Royce but for the aircraft industry in general.

UN scientists said that international effort to protect the ozone layer has averted millions of cases of skin cancer worldwide.

eg. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike.

I have not actually had a worst experience, only a potential one which has now been averted.

In this way, the Fire God would be distracted and disaster averted.

Fredrik Reinfeldt, the prime minister, even averted a possible row among his colleagues in the delicate matter of filling top EU jobs.

with the viewer suspecting that the averted gaze reflects badly on the viewer.

Longer term, the more that forced sales can be averted, the less prices will fall.

The driver averted an accident by a quick turn of the steering wheel.

Not every danger can be foreseen, and even if it can be predicted it cannot always be averted.

A lump rose in my throat as I averted my eyes. I wasn't prepared for another battle.

Many highway accidents can be averted by courtesy.

China, like much of the world, is breathing a sigh of relief that economic disaster has been averted.

Mr. Gabaudan said that every Libyan he spoke to agreed that the military strikes had averted "a major humanitarian disaster. "

If the chaos is to be averted, we must take immediate action.

But after we were born, Mother's friends, decent folk, averted their eyes as we walked by.

After conservative treatment for 2 weeks, orbital emphysema had largely resolved. So repair was averted .

And it claimed that international efforts to protect the ozone layer has averted millions of cases of skin cancer worldwide.

Then, the day after default was averted, five abruptly bought houses.

Accident can be averted by careful driving.

The government averted a short-term crisis by releasing sand from its stockpile and helping contractors find new sources.

In many cases, such outbreaks can be averted.

Mosley remains confident that the dispute will be resolved and the split averted.

Over all, The Lancet said, 1. 4 million child deaths could be averted each year if babies were breast-fed properly.

That wheat is now being harvested, and it seems the danger has been averted.

Thanks to the invention of the car, London has 7 million inhabitants today. Dung disaster averted.

This we have been doing for a long time, and have averted what could have been disastrous to large regions of the Earth.

A strike at Delta Airlines may have been averted.

A Roosevelt in the White House from 1909 to 1913 might well have averted the disastrous rupture that occurred in 1912.

Had they done that before we could have averted a lot of this crisis.

Part of the fiscal cliff was averted , but there are two big issues not addressed in the bill.

The concern of security experts is not that scores of terrorist actions are being carried out or even averted just in time.

This could have been averted.

If these tests allow interception of services, a standoff will be averted, it said.

Only quick thinking on the pilot's part averted a disastrous accident.

The use of thiomersal-containing vaccines to protect against these diseases averted at least 1 400 000 child deaths in 2010.

She read their incredulity in their averted looks.

Drought and starvation and flood occur, and are not averted.

Another crisis averted by Obama. Ah, on second thought.

Contrary to shows like Lie to Me, there aren't cues that necessarily give away a liar, such as averted gaze or sweaty palms.

For 2009 was extraordinary not just for how output fell, but for how a catastrophe was averted.

The girls, to my horror, averted their gaze.

Tribal war must be averted.

At every opportunity Europe's leaders have delayed, taken the tiniest steps possible and averted their eyes to the elephants in the room.

when Mexico defaulted in 1982 and other defaults followed, a financial crisis was narrowly averted.

Luckily the pilot saw the other plane just in time, and a disaster was narrowly averted.

You can make a sudden move into gold or cash, but they carry risks of their own, especially if the debt crisis somehow gets averted.

As long as tragedy is averted, there is ample scope for affectionate mockery.

While the six-person crew aboard the Ady Gil was rescued, tragedy was only narrowly averted.

Dung disaster averted.

That is how the escalation of the disaster was averted.

"No. " He struggled to keep his face averted.

Each new dollar spent on prisons averted only 37 cents' worth of harm.

The OECD is arguing that a Great Depression induced by a banking collapse has been averted; we will have a Great Recession instead.

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But voters naturally pay little attention to calamities averted.

We hope we averted it this time.

How can the danger be averted?

In my own opinion, evaluation is worth trying, although there are some flaws to be averted, such as unfair judgment.

If, on the other hand, the end of the world can be averted , acting on this assumption, will make recovery more likely.

The good news is that the worst can still be averted.

They argue that between 1979 and 2009, China averted 200 million births, half the government estimate.

It will get fewer headlines; but this is a war that is best averted, not fought.

It was necessary because Gaddafi was going to slaughter his own people and that massacre of thousands of innocent people was averted;

How the threats to the internet's openness can be averted

Many highway accidents can be averted by courtesy. [vt. ]

Male participants rated models who averted their gaze as less beautiful,

A study on the Barcelona bike hire scheme suggests averted carbon emissions saves 12 lives each year

We have averted second Depression, Obama claims