He was elected South Africa's first black president in 1994, leading the nation into a reconciliation process that sought to give citizens of all races equal voice and seeking to avert efforts to extract revenge on whites for decades of sometimes brutal oppression.
In the coming months it will have to prepare the markets for an eventual tightening of monetary policy as it unwinds the extraordinary steps it took to prop up the economy and the financial system and seeks to avert a buildup of inflationary pressures.
Through diplomacy and public appeals, the Vatican sought to avert a war in Iraq, and some Vatican officials have raised pointed questions about American actions there since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government.
Instead, he cited the eighteenth chapter of the Book of Matthew to explain that the war was a God-given tragedy that required the atonement of both the North and the South: "All dreaded it — all sought to avert it".
Leibniz sought to avert this result by distinguishing between hypothetical and absolute necessity.
A12 Ultimatum in Macedonia Foreign diplomats sought to avert a major clash between ethnic Albanian rebels and forces of Macedonia's new unity government, which has given the rebels until today to start withdrawing from villages they occupy or face an assault.
The government has since sought to avert clashes with militant, highly politicized, well-organized and street-battled hardened soccer fans who played a key role in the ousting of Mr. Mubarak and subsequent opposition to the military with a number of conciliatory measures.
A1 Plan to Curb Deficit Governor McGreevey of New Jersey unveiled a $23.6 billion spending plan that sought to avert a $5 billion budget shortfall by cutting aid to parks and universities, raising cigarette taxes and using one-time measures to increase revenue.
After warning for months that New Jersey faces the worst budget crisis in the nation, Gov. James E. McGreevey unveiled a $23.6 billion spending plan today that sought to avert a $5 billion budget shortfall by cutting aid to parks and universities, increasing cigarette taxes and using some one-time measures to increase revenues.
After Pakistani terrorists ravaged Mumbai in 2008, he sought to avert an anti-Muslim backlash.
