Word: deter
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...have hit the headlines. But recently, the problem has taken a new and nasty turn, with statistics showing that cell-phone theft is not only rising, it also is becoming more violent. In response, lawmakers have vowed to use everything from tough new sentencing laws to modern technologies to deter cell-phone thieves. But there remains a disquieting feeling that operators and handset makers are dragging their feet, focusing more on revenue from calls and future sales (victims need to get new phones) than customers' frustrations...
Another problem for would-be invaders is how to deter Saddam from launching any biological, chemical or radiological weapons he may have mounted on Scud missiles. "If Saddam feels it's the end, the constraints that acted on him last time wouldn't this time," says an Israeli diplomat. Israeli leader Ariel Sharon expressed this fear to Bush during his visit to Washington earlier this month...
Both sides generally agree that U.S. forces are needed to deter another invasion of Kuwait or Saudi Arabia and to keep up the pressure on Iraq. That is in line with the traditional basis for the strong relationship: the Saudis provide oil and the U.S. provides security. Some U.S. military men feel the Saudis "owe us" - a reference to Operation Desert Storm saving Saudi skin back in 1991. But the Saudis are fearful that a carte blanche could entangle the Kingdom in American wars against Iraq or even Iran, making popular opposition to the U.S. military presence a hot political...
...contracts with professors should grant departments some leeway to postpone leave requests. Although professors will not appreciate such a limitation, we expect that departments would only postpone sabbaticals when absolutely necessary—and never postpone those requested on medical or family grounds. This relatively minor demand should not deter scholars from working at a University of this caliber...
...City of Noise or the Cursed City?tower above the Bamiyan plains of central Afghanistan, a single watchtower left of what, until its destruction in 1222, was a flourishing city on the Silk Route between Europe and China. Antitank mines left by a Soviet garrison in the 1980s deter visitors from exploring the caves and tunnels where the Taliban sheltered from coalition bombing last fall. On the other side of the plateau are sandstone cliffs honeycombed with caves and the empty niches that held the two giant Bamiyan Buddhas, which the Taliban dynamited last year. From nearby hills comes...