As it turned out, though, crisis was averted; it became cathartic, as if they needed to look into the abyss to get going.
He said at least 50 terrorist threats had been averted because of the intelligence information gathered.
Not, as Walter realises, that change could ever have been averted: "Dissent is never counted; it is weighed.
"We know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information not just in the United States, but in some cases threats here in Germany.
Sterling's fall has averted deflation for now, and has opened up the possibility of an export-led recovery, but only if demand abroad can revive.
That would make Scotland a good candidate for our title, except that lauding it as a country because it chose not to become one might seem gallingly contrarian.Disaster has been averted elsewhere, too.
Mr Clinton would have done things a lot better.In this section The battle of hope and experience Good neighbours make fences Examining the candidates While Wall Street burns Heard on the stump The war over lobbyists Politics and petrol problems A struggle in the sunshine Reaping the whirlwind ReprintsCatastrophe will probably be averted, at least for now.
Silence was preferred; the averted gaze replaced the straight stare.
Nuri al-Maliki spoke in New York yesterday, telling crowds that a civil war in Iraq has been averted and that those "who destroyed the towers of the (World) Trade Center are the same as those who blew up the (Golden Mosque) in Samarra".
This week he called it the most regrettable decision of his career.Supporters of the status quo, including the organisation Mothers Against Drunk Driving, say that the law has averted thousands of fatalities.
Fears of a full-blown constitutional crisis were averted when the politicians appeared before the Supreme Court, and the cabinet withdrew the chief justice's suspension.On the surface, these latest events might give little cause for alarm.
