WASHINGTON — The Bush administration, moving to prevent an economic cataclysm, urged Congress on Friday to grant it far-reaching emergency powers to buy hundreds of billions of dollars in distressed mortgages despite many unknowns about how the plan would work.
The Conservatives moved to prevent a Labour line of attack by ruling out a rise in VAT.
It was not the first time Maryland has moved to prevent a sports enterprise from leaving the state.
European leaders may also move to prevent a Greek default or exit at the 11th hour, considering the almost unending uncertainties.
If a deadlock persisted between the coalition and the president, the army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who succeeded Mr. Musharraf as head of the military, would move to prevent a drawn-out saga, a number of officials and analysts have said.
SPORTSSATURDAY, PAGE D2 Palestinians Seek Unity As Arafat Seems to Fade With Yasir Arafat apparently near death, leading Palestinian politicians have moved to prevent a visible power vacuum, reaching out to disaffected younger legislators, Palestinian militant organizations and, quietly, the Israelis.
Ronnie Flanagan, the former British police chief who heads up ACU, told reporters on Sunday that his team had recently moved to prevent a planned spot-fixing incident, with an unnamed international side under investigation.
But the authors said their findings were applicable mostly to Rwanda, where a foresighted government deliberately moved to prevent a flood of donor money for AIDS from undermining other public health goals.
Trevor Brooking, the FA's director of football development, has moved to prevent a club-versus-country dispute by telling Manchester City's manager to concentrate on his club job and leave his No2, Nigel Pearson, in charge of the team for next month's match against Italy.
