The reason, in part, was that the governor's office, in trying to forestall a greater sense of uncertainty surrounding the energy crisis, was negotiating to keep the utilities solvent by buying their transmission lines.
Then Dimon acted boldly in March 2008 to scoop up the remains of the wrecked investment bank Bear Stearns in a government-orchestrated salvage operation that forestalled even greater panic.
I was now asking Tariq Aziz to entertain the return of inspectors in an effort to forestall an even greater commitment of American military might.
That would have forestalled the great Hillary heist of china, silver and ottomans.
His fulfillment is such that the job is also a source of anxiety, which can be forestalled only by greater and greater exertions.
These were good and necessary moves, but the greatest leverage to forestall disaster lies with China, Russia and India, who are making money off the junta and enabling it to stay in power.
There were even references to "Happy Days Are Here Again," which became the unofficial theme song of those who fought to forestall the effects of the Great Depression, and to "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," the encouraging words of Franklin D. Roosevelt during his first inaugural address, in 1933.
"We don't know when, we don't know how big, but we do know you can do a great deal to forestall the damage and the loss of life and the injuries".
Meanwhile, President Obama forestalled a second Great Depression, turned the attention of the executive branch toward real problems, restored lawfulness and decency to foreign and domestic policy, damped down the flames of global anti-Americanism, and staffed the agencies and departments with competent, public-spirited officials who believe in the duty of government to advance the general welfare.
A second possibility is that China will try to forestall the first outcome, even at great cost.
