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  • The complaint offered by both the GOP and the oil industry is that the release would harm national security by reducing the crude oil available to stave-off a real, honest-to-God "supply emergency" as the American Petroleum

    Obama Was Right About The SPR Release 2011

  • The complaint offered by both the GOP and the oil industry is that the release would harm national security by reducing the crude oil available to stave-off a real, honest-to-God "supply emergency" as the American Petroleum

    Obama Was Right About The SPR Release 2011

  • This agreement came after weeks of wrangling about whether to help Greece stave-off a debt default.

    Rehn: EU Needs Crisis-Resolution Fund Adam Cohen 2010

  • Paulsen has been trying to stave-off a financial meltdown until after the November election - in other words, until a Repub is out of the WH.

    Biden Uncorks Tough Populist Hit On McCain Over "Fundamentals" Line 2009

  • President Obama, how do you expect to stave-off this coming loss of billions of more dollars in the financial sector?

    President Obama, We Need A Short-term Solution - And Now! 2009

  • This recession/depression was forecast by lay people (including myself) as well as professional economists, all of whom were ignored by the Bush administration that could have acted quickly to stave-off what now seems to be inevitable.

    Tighten Your Seat Belts - This Recession Is Turning Into Another Great Depression! 2009

  • The HIM hub-church method may be the way to stave-off the onslaught of Islam.

    To reap a harvest 2007

  • We have the ability to force Congress to do their jobs, but in order to do so, those who are constantly going off in different directions would have to agree that our future is more important than each of their private concerns, which do nothing to stave-off this war which appears to be approaching sometime before the November elections.

    Can Americans Stop Bush/Cheney From Attacking Iran? The Answer is Yes! 2008

  • Maybe1 in 500 are aware of how dire our situation is and maybe 1 in 500 of them are doing anything about it whereas the cretins have massive armies working 24/7/365 and have paid-off most people in authority that could stave-off the assault that's happening before our eyes.

    Name This Economic Disaster 2008

  • The U.S. government stepped-in with a $182 billion bailout to avert a bankruptcy filing by AIG and stave-off an even worse global financial crisis.

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2010

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