The government was rattled enough to send 50 MPs on a trip to Taiwan due to last more than a week to forestall such a move.
One of the prime minister's motives was to try to forestall his party from eviscerating itself as it did over the Corn Laws in the 19th century and free trade in the early part of the 20th century.
One reason the government gave itself extra powers was no doubt to forestall such chaos breaking out in the south.Jehan Perera, the media director of the independent National Peace Council, argues that in some respects the present crisis has improved the chances of peace.
Clearly, his massive vote came in large part because the left joined forces with the moderate right to forestall Mr Le Pen.
The "desire to forestall social change," the Kentucky brief says, is "not a legitimate state interest".The petitioners' briefs do a creditable job of exposing the apparent illogic behind the states' bans on same-sex marriage.
Around 30 people died in the fighting.To forestall trouble ahead of December 1st, the Indonesian authorities took steps that seem just as likely in the long run to enflame local resentment.
But the report tries to forestall that criticism by insisting that any new publicly funded institution must include a mandatory sunset clause.Sizzlingly adventurous?
The previous management's borrowing binge left Petrobras as the most indebted company in the world, and when the scandal broke an outcast from the capital markets.Openness about the past will not forestall American shareholders who are fuming about mismanagement; some have already sued.
To forestall any anxieties about the banking system, the UAE central bank said on November 29th that it "stands behind" all banks in the federation, including subsidiaries of foreign banks, offering to lend to them freely at a penalty rate.
The broad aim is to leave Iran free from most sanctions and far enough from the ability to make a nuclear weapon that, if it were to head in that direction, America and its allies would have time to forestall it.
To forestall any additional surge in Treasury yields, Mr Geithner should elaborate on how the Obama administration intends to cut spending and raise tax revenue in the medium term.It will take political courage for the Chinese to eschew a weak currency and for an American treasury secretary to unveil fiscal details in Beijing.
