Word: deter
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...Bosnian army based at Bihac, the Serbs bombarded the town for days, driving most of its army defenders and 70,000 civilians into basements and shelters. Ground troops then pressed into the zone the U.N. had declared a "safe area." "It's quite clear that we have failed to deter an attack on the safe area," said U.N. spokesman Colum Murphy in Sarajevo. "We were suppposed to deter attack on civilians and to protect the civilian population." Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic coolly announced: "Bihac will become a safe zone when the Serbs enter...
...sent the samples or any other information. I was disappointed that you publicized the DNA testing as much as you did. It is not the only crusade against illegal trade in whale products in this country. As you note, the police and the Japanese government have acted successfully to deter smuggling of whale products and punish the smugglers...
Cold didn't deter the group from "reflecting on how AIDS affects us," said...
...primary impetus for the change is an increased effort to deter tampering, Fallontowne said...
Sneakers and Iman personify what's really at stake in the debate over America's No. 1 concern. Sneakers is the kind of person politicians have in mind when they claim that they can deter punks from committing a third felony by threatening to lock 'em up for good. And Iman is the sort of kid that some candidates seem to think is the recipient of "pork" when they dismiss prevention programs as a waste of money. But two new reports suggest that those politicians have it wrong. An investigative report published Oct. 24 in the Los Angeles Times documented...