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Each economic superhero has a distinct personality and style--Greenspan is the shaman, Rubin the Midas figure, and Summers the academic--but together, they stave off worldwide economic panic.
The New York Times ' lead says that the U.S. will provide several billion dollars of aid to Brazil, as part of a $30 billion international package to help stave off financial turmoil there.
The authors of the paper lean on these findings to suggest that marijuana acts on the brain as other drugs of abuse do, and that users who stop smoking marijuana might indulge in heroin, cocaine, or alcohol to stave off the unpleasantness of increased CRF in the amygdala.
Tartar control toothpastes can't remove tartar, but they can stave it off.
What gimmicks are they employing these days to stave off the Angel of Death?