The idea of legislating for black economic empowerment was originally promoted by big white businessmen to ward off post-apartheid calls for nationalisation.
Local oversight committees will be set up to ward off anti-competitive practices, to the frustration of those who welcomed a drive to cut NHS bureaucracy.
Just as the Humphrey-Hawkins legislation in the 1970s put a new burden on the U.S. Federal Reserve, that of seeking full employment, so did Madame Lagarde appear to add a mission for the IMF, which was founded after World War II to help manage international capital flows to ward off balance-of-payment crises.
Rather, working directly with a publication to capture the big-ticket event is one way to ward off the paparazzi and control the media maelstrom--not to mention making big money along the way.
The story goes that Sheen promptly summoned his lawyers to ward off the quasi-intervention.
The benefit may be that if children come along down the line, they would be well-equipped to ward off disease.
Nevertheless, it would be foolish to rely overmuch on any technological or legal barrier to ward off those ever-evolving eyes for very long.
This new sanctimoniousness, said officials, was a precaution to ward off a hue-and-cry from Jordan's Islamists, already restive over King Abdullah's hands-off approach to the looming war on Iraq.
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More recently he said he would back a shotgun merger between the French firms Suez (nyse: SZE - news - people ) and the state-controlled Gaz de France (other-otc: GZFCF - news - people ) in order to ward off a bid for Suez by the Italian utility Enel (nyse: EN - news - people ).
Scientists have known for decades that organisms as diverse as insects, frogs, pigs and humans make natural protein-based antibiotics to ward off microbes.
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The Rangers used every bit of their second advantage of the first period when Boyle scored exactly two minutes after Joel Ward was sent off for high-sticking Brassard.
New York used every bit of its second advantage of the first period when Boyle scored exactly two minutes after Joel Ward was sent off for high-sticking Brassard.
As a defender, he helped IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people) ward off a long antitrust investigation, and successfully defended CBS in a libel suit brought by General William Westmoreland.
Beyond their basic evaluation of soldiers and veterans considered at-risk of suicide, the researchers are also interested in determining whether all soldiers (and, perhaps, some civilians) would benefit from some level of omega-3 supplementation to ward off mental health problems.
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Graham then appeared set to double Swansea's advantage before half-time but Ward's intervention nicked the ball off his toe as he waited for a tap-in at the far post.
No, Bane is not an avatar for OWS. Bruce Wayne is not a small-government hero come to ward off the squalid, criminal masses.
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It was hanging on a wire from the wooden door post - placed there last week, a neighbour said - as a charm to ward off the evil eye.
There are old-fashioned Chinese medicine herbalists, traditional foodstuff vendors selling seaweed and glazed crickets by the handful, and more than a few shops hawking aka-pantsu -- bright red, high-waisted underwear believed to ward off evil and bring the wearer strength and vitality.
Wall Street may also be talking up its e-bond efforts in order to ward off the Securities and Exchange Commission, America's main markets regulator.
ABN's poison-pill approach of handing LaSalle over to BofA was a clear attempt to ward off the advances of the consortium, since RBS is keen to get its hands on the Chicago-based subsidiary.
Vagner's shot deflected in off Darren Ward to make it 3-0 on the night before Dennis Wise gave Millwall hope from close range before the break.
Linen tablecloths hid the wood-burning braziers set under each table to ward off the chill.
More recently he said he would back a shotgun merger between the French firms Suez and the state-controlled Gaz de France in order to ward off a bid for Suez by the Italian utility Enel.
After Emily hit upon the fossil with a spade, her father and palaeontologist Dr Neville Hollingworth helped her dig out the block of mudstone the 162.8 million-year-old object, which had spikes to ward off predators, was encased in.
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The coconut is a perfect way to ward off dehydration, or to recover from the after-effects of a wild night out in the Lapa neighbourhood.
Participants also ward off evil during the festival by bathing in flower-scented water, wearing five-colour silk, hanging plants such as moxa and calamus over their doors, and pasting paper cut-outs in their windows.
When Christine protested that this boy wasn't Walter -- her son was three inches taller when he disappeared, he wasn't circumcised, and he knew his own teacher -- the cops bundled her off to the psycho ward.
His successor, Olivier Courtin-Clarins, has stuck to that position, but with robust global demand for high-end skin-care products, its not been enough to ward off the speculation that the family would sell, assuming the right price could be obtained.
It will serve as a world-class broadcast antenna and also as a beacon to ward off aircraft.
The movie-rating system was instituted in the '60s to ward off such meddling.
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