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Yet Democrats could seek to avert a broader assault on the bureau.

The broader futures industry now faces a wave of regulations that seek to avert a repeat of MF Global's sins.

But, like the U.S. Federal Reserve, both central banks are now between a rock and a hard place as they also seek to avert a global slowdown sparked by the subprime mortgage debacle in the United States and the consequences of the era of cheap credit that only last year prompted a wave of huge private equity takeovers.

As American forces withdraw from Iraq, Turkey is seeking to avert a looming conflict between the Arabs and the Kurds, especially over the disputed city of Kirkuk.

Seeking to avert a trial scheduled to begin March 28, the county agreed to a 12-page stipulation setting a target of Jan . 1 2003, for implementing a new system.

The reports of higher inflation threw a curveball to the Fed, which has lowered interest rates three times this year as it seeks to avert a recession.

Verizon and the unions, the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have been seeking to avert a strike that could hamper service in 13 states from Virginia to Maine.

The government has sought to avert a strike by signing an unusually generous collective bargaining agreement with the company's blue-collar work force.

Seeking to avert a "digital divide" between affluent people online and the offline poor, Mr. Blair said he wanted universal Internet access for Britons by 2005.

United States law enforcement authorities, seeking to avert a spillover of drug violence from Mexican border cities, are cautiously trying out new cross-border cooperation with the Mexican federal police, according to senior Homeland Security officials.

It is seeking to avert a less-than-friendly takeover by its former boss, Dov Charney, whom the board had removed ten days earlier over some as-yet unspecified allegations of misconduct.