Many such enterprises are kept on life-support as long as government staves off deflation.

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And so the company staves off the jaded for a little while longer.

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Councillors have agreed to a new deal which staves off enforcement action.

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VMware also benefits by creating even more demand for its cloud-level operating system, and staves off competitors that also want to create meta-server environments, like Microsoft.

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In advanced cases Xinlay staves off miserable bone pain by an additional three months but has minimal side effects, according to two studies of almost 1, 100 patients.

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But it will not help Greece grow its way out of crisis, and so it merely staves off the moment when default and possible eurozone exit occur.

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Even if the economy continues to improve and TXU staves off what many participants think is an inevitable reorganization, default rates have nowhere to go but up.

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She also staves off dehydration by drinking lots of water.

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