As noted above, forestalling the purchase of a home typically allows for greater current income and more personal liquidity.

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In the hope of forestalling its collapse, Australia has long thrown money at it: now it is throwing people.

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Foreseeing trouble, however, is not the same as forestalling it.

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If policymakers put in place strong measures to tackle short-lived climate pollutants, which are much more potent planet-warming agents than CO2, it would significantly improve the odds of forestalling runaway climate change.

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