save = prevent?

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:42 AM -0500 10/19/01, Paul Ivsin wrote:
>Here's one from an East Sussex County Council press release from December
>1999 -- interesting because it uses two (seemingly contradictory) senses of
>"save" in the same sentence:
>
>...   ...   ...
>A few moments thinking about the possible hazards and taking any necessary
>steps to remove them, could save a tragedy - or even a life.
>...   ...   ...
>
>(http://www.eastsussexcc.gov.uk/pnotices/1999/dec99/301_page.htm)
>
>
>Paul
>(who can't shift frames that fast anymore)
>...
Me either; I can't process this unless the reference is to the use of condoms.

larry