Word: deter
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...investors still have their doubts. While Home Depot's stock has recovered 46% over the past 18 months, to about $35, it is nowhere near the $60 highs of 2000. Some analysts say fears that higher interest rates will deter home-improvement spending are hurting the stock. Nardelli doesn't think interest rates can derail Home Depot, nor is he looking for radical ideas. Wal-Mart made the risky move into selling groceries when it went through a period of sagging sales in the mid-1990s and built a wildly successful new business. Instead, Nardelli is stretching the company...
...that may not be the worst of it. In his new book A Pretext for War, intelligence expert James Bamford alleges that the CIA not only failed to detect and deter the secret army of Muslim extremists gathering over the horizon in the late 1990s but also failed to take action when a group of Administration hard-liners, backed by the Pentagon chief and Vice President Dick Cheney, began to advance the case for war with Iraq in secret using data the CIA widely believed weren't supportable or were just plain false. Instead of fighting back, Bamford argues...
That ultimately didn’t deter the Cincinnati Reds, who happily used their second-round pick on the Princeton outfielder, a .362 hitter from Wichita Falls, Texas...
...another effort to help advising as well as increase interclass interaction, the HCCR report also suggests putting Harvard on a Yale-style housing system. But this is not the time to start following Yale’s example—assigning first-years to houses upon arrival will deter socialization with students in other first-year dorms. Further, while blocking isn’t always smooth, students deserve the chance to decide who their living companions are going to be for the next three years. A better solution to the travails of Yard life is to have upperclass students replace...
Finally, Harvard must continue to engage in a dialogue with the city of Cambridge to promote safety in areas frequented by students but outside of HUPD’s jurisdiction, such as Cambridge Commons. Improving lighting in the commons and raising police visibility would help deter potential attackers in this area...