But economically, even those measures could not stave off the inevitable. There they raised chickens and planted vegetables in order to stave off actual starvation. It is also seen as a way to stave off starvation. In Moscow, the desperate Politburo considers deploying nuclear weapons to stave off defeat. The new party's members hoped to stave off Southern secession by avoiding the slavery issue. His assistant Peter Shreeves took temporary charge but was unable to stave off relegation. This was seen as an attempt to stave off a sugar tax. He convinces Dana to use her writing talent to stave off his other creditors. It must stave off demoralization, hopelessness, and resignation. To stave off her disintegration, Lucy consumes more of the drug. They had Roman numerals scratched on the surface of each stave to help with reassembly. Hope absorbs the dragon's energy and manages to stave off Cyclops's advance. In order to stave off regulation, the company has engineered a strong campaign. The dragons are similar to those carved on the gables of Norwegian stave churches. The Norway Building was a recreation of a traditional wooden stave church.