21.   Argentina will also have to stave off competition from the top three exporters -- Australia, the U.S. and New Zealand.

22.   Another way of staving off an unwanted takeover would be for St.George to make a counter bid.

23.   As part of its complex procedures, the board can ask the president to appoint a presidential emergency board to take up a dispute and stave off a strike.

24.   At one crucial juncture, he managed to stave off a Republican takeover by stealing away a dissident Republican with a promise of plenty of Democratic privileges.

25.   At the United Nations, Annan scrambled on several fronts on Monday to stave off collapse of the peacekeeping mission.

26.   Barak narrowly staved off a similar challenge in the parliament just before the summit began, but his support may have slipped since then.

27.   Behind the glass-and-marble blocks of the IFSC lie streets of near-slum housing where chemist shops employ guards to stave off heroin addicts.

28.   Besides Toyota, other automakers and American dealers of Japanese luxury cars were believed to be exploring court action to stave off the tariffs.

29.   BHF could seek to extend those shareholdings to stave off a takeover, he said.

30.   Both Pacific Bell and GTE will try to stave off the new competition by offering consumers a variety of service options.