Word: deter
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...culture and values and be ready to condemn those aspects that are antithetical to a potential peace with Israel. Saying that the Jews are the Palestinians’ cousins while continuing to teach Palestinian children that those cousins are treacherous and disloyal will only continue to deter a true peace between the two peoples. Palestinian youths must be taught that anti-Semitism is immoral, and Palestinian leaders have a responsibility to address their society’s flaws rather than simply blaming others...
Randall said the purpose of the temporary speed bumps is to deter drivers from using the roadway as a “cut-through” to other streets and to protect pedestrians using the road...
...Shah Massoud--even in death the spiritual leader of the Northern Alliance--and comprises several infantry assault battalions backed up by Russian T-55 and T-62 tanks. The Guards have already moved into position northeast of Kabul for a possible raid on the city. Winter won't necessarily deter them: against the Soviets, Afghan guerrillas fought brilliantly in the cold, fortified by high-protein energy bars made of nuts and fruits ground to a pulp and dried into a gristly purple block...
...embraced this arduous and time-consuming task, but U.S. pilots hate the idea, says Gritta. "Pilots hate it because it?s a pain and pushes their time back even further when they?re up against the wall already." Opponents also argue that such a move would do nothing to deter suicide bombers, who by definition are happy to climb aboard a plane right along with their bombs...
...Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Tom Brazaitis accused her of “bloodthirsty rhetoric.” Although Coulter’s incendiary comments were enough to get her fired from an ultra-conservative magazine and bring near unanimous censure from colleagues, they were not enough to deter the Harvard Republican Club from inviting her to our campus. That is the scary part...