In fact, it was a would-be disaster averted by bold and improvisational decision making.
It was virtually a career-ending sentence which Shostakovich only averted by a painful adjustment of his style.
But the risk he described is a real one, and it cannot be averted by local politics alone.
Its chances for success are uncertain, but for now, the worst of the crisis could be averted by the stroke of a pen.
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In cases where the side-effect has a genetic root, failures could be averted by excluding potential victims from trials and, of course, from treatments after the drug is approved.
First, the above crisis was hardly unanticipated and could have been easily averted by simply not including company stock in the pension or 401k plan or at least not in significant amounts.
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So as you can presumably now see, a full-scale eurozone financial crisis can't be averted by any individual initiative but requires a whole package of remedial measures, of which strengthening the banks and enlarging the bailout fund are the two most crucial.
And in March, skilful diplomacy by the army and America averted a political crisis sparked by Mr Zardari's efforts to have his more-popular rival, Nawaz Sharif, rendered ineligible for election.
When women were first allowed to become Church of England vicars, in 1992, the authorities narrowly averted a split by allowing individual parishes to reject women clergy.
The looming capacity crunch of the 1990s was averted not just by slower demand growth, but also dramatically increased supply, in the form of big investments in fibre-optic cable and technical tricks that squeezed more data through the pipes.
But a narrowly averted strike over pay by airline staff in the run-up to Christmas delayed, and may block, the switch.
The bailout by international lenders averted a meltdown of the financial sector that threatened the country's euro membership but forced large losses on big deposits in the island.
Swift action by the Kenyan police in apprehending the men had averted mayhem and a massive number of deaths, the court magistrate said.
Yes, stocks and real estate fell 80% but by bailing out big business and the banks, catastrophe was averted.
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The legislation averted much of the fiscal cliff's negative near-term economic impact by extending the Bush-era tax cuts for the majority of Americans.
As the game began to open up, O'Gara landed a second Munster penalty in the 26th minute and a thrilling break out of defence by Keith Earls then had Clemont in trouble before the danger was averted.
This offer was withdrawn by BA on Friday after the airline said it was conditional on strike action being averted.
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