When Herbert Asquith, trying to head off the First World War, brought George a draft telegram to the Tsar, the King's sole contribution "was to add 'my dear Nicky,' and sign it".
The on-mountain eating spots get crowded at peak times, and the most popular trail sections can also bring long lift lines, especially late in the day when everyone is trying to head back home from Vail's far-flung reaches.
On a day when his administration was trying to head off any political damage from the news of bonuses being paid to executives of American International Group, the announcement provided Mr. Obama a platform to stress that the government is helping mom-and-pop operations as well as giant financial institutions and corporations.
The last time Greenspan cut rates between FOMC meetings was on Oct. 15 last year, and before that he hadn't touched rates outside regular meetings since September 1992, when the board was trying to head off a recession.
Wayne Nesmith, 45, a Bronx resident who is African-American, is already trying to head off unemployment when the financing runs out for his job as a clinical associate at the Lander Center for Educational Research of Touro College.
Milito was offside when Sneijder tried to head home and he knew it.
It was not unknown for players to be knocked out when they tried to head the ball.
When Uber tried to head off disclosure of its documents by assuring the judge that it had no clue about the Ergo employee's misrepresentations, Rakoff shot back that its own earlier untruths "underscore why the fact-finding process cannot merely be replaced by Uber's representation". .
He ought, for instance, to have tried to head the ball when he reached it before Williams, following a poor defensive header.
When trying to get your head around election matters, sometimes it's best to consult an outsider.
