Name: Clay Shirky: How the...
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Description: the open-source movement had been dealing with this problem. Open-source software, the core promise of the open-source license, is that everybody should have access to all the source code all the time, but of course, this creates the very threat of chaos you have to forestall

Mark Zandi

It has become fashionable to rail against government intervention in the economy, and the FHA is a favorite example by those trying to show the government's overreach. In reality, the FHA shows how government action during the Great Recession forestalled a much worse economic fate.

American Economist

Niels Bohr

Humanity will... be confronted with dangers of unprecedented character unless, in due time, measures can be taken to forestall a disastrous competition in such formidable armaments and to establish an international control of the manufacture and use of the powerful materials.

Danish Physicist

Peter Maurer

Every year, we ask our donors to dig deeper. And every year, they gladly, generously comply. It is now up to us to find ways and means to forestall the day when they cannot - or will not. Or the consequences for people in war zones could be disastrous.

Swiss Activist

David Seltzer

I think it's time to explore our relationship to the hereafter and the now and determine whether or not there is a part mankind can play at this time to forestall the nuclear bubble breaking and the world coming to an end.

American Producer

Charlie Kirk

Americans needs to understand that the election of Donald Trump has forestalled our slide into the abyss of cultural Marxism and the surrendering of our national heritage and identity to that of the global community.

American Activist

Karl A. Menninger

Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.

American Psychologist

Lloyd Blankfein

I'd say if you wanted to forestall bad events, the best thing to do is anticipate them and try to correct them before they get close.

American Businessman

Albert Schweitzer

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

German Theologian

Forestall is used when someone takes early action to prevent an issue.

Proactive Action

The term often implies acting just before something happens.

Time Sensitivity

Using 'forestall' can add a sense of urgency to the need to prevent something.

Urgency Nuance

Uses of 'forestall' imply foreseeing a problem and countering it beforehand.

Anticipatory Move

'Forestall' implies a deliberate strategy or calculated action to prevent an outcome.

Strategy Implication

 the open-source movement had been dealing with this problem. Open-source software, the core promise of the open-source license, is that everybody should have access to all the source code all the time, but of course, this creates the very threat of chaos you have to forestall

Clay Shirky: How the...

 or fit solar panels somewhere on your device, plugging your charger into the wall, rather than expending one battery to charge another is your best bet to forestall that fatal "bleep."

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 come on in baby we are going to old friends of ours all of our kids went to school together we can help forestall

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