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For several years he would arrive each morning (by 6am) to clean-up the shelter before going home to change and head-off to Lewis and Clark to teach.

Friends 2009

The Grand Ayatollah's statement is accurate in that the detentions represent multiple failures on the part of the Islamic Republic's leadership to sway public opinion or head-off the renewed momentum of the Green Movement.

Geneive Abdo: New Round of Clashes Leaves Iran Reeling Geneive Abdo 2011

Earlier this week, in an apparent attempt to head-off protests, he proposed raising salaries for civil workers and the military.

More Tunisian officials resign; protests spread to Yemen 2011

I also laughed my head-off at this and agree with angdesj in this regard.

If this was my high school, I would've been the collateral damage Tyler 2009

Not that the results would head-off future dalliances.

Freakonomics in the Times Magazine: Unintended Consequences - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

But while the president angrily says the system failed to head-off a potential disaster, the White House plays up what it calls "actionable intelligence" gained from the suspect.

CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2010 2010

Presently, Israel remains somewhat belligerent and disengaging, insisting that its priority is to head-off a nuclear Iran, but that isn't keeping others, particularly the US, Syria and Iran from positioning themselves for a possible grand bargain.

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup 2009

Tonight, I will go by the grocery store and see exactly the price is for each size and preparation head-on, head-off, peeled, unpeeled, devein, unvein.

'Slave labor' blamed for falling shrimp prices 2009

With the legal penalties for such actions being so slight, employers can break the law to head-off organizing efforts and face almost no real repercussions.

Archive 2007-01-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007

Clinton has tried to head-off criticism of her vote by cosponsoring Webb's amendment (similar to the Levin amendment relating to the 2002 AUMF).

Obama Attacks Hillary Over Iran Vote; Camp Hillary Hits Back 2009