Word: deter
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...Putting aside questions like whether abandoning Kyoto is good for Americans - it isn't - there are problems with such an approach. Rogue states may well present a genuine and growing threat, but maintaining a system of alliances to deter, contain and, if necessary, confront them requires leading on the soft issues as well as the hard. It means recognizing that there is not only a U.S. agenda but a global one, and advancing the former demands creative work on the latter...
This page is opposed to the death penalty for moral reasons. Furthermore, the death penalty does not deter crime, nor is it administered fairly. Yet even those who favor the death penalty can recognize the seriousness of the McVeigh discovery. The human flaws in the administration of justice raise a significant danger that innocent people have been and will be executed for crimes they did not commit...
Opponents of the death penalty are fortunate in that they have a variety of effective arguments that help them argue their case. They can protest that the death penalty is not cost effective, that it has a high rate of error or that it does not deter crime. Each of these arguments is sound and can be supported with strong empirical evidence. Even so, we should disregard these arguments entirely because it is simply unjust for the state to execute its citizens. Our government does not have the authority to commit murder...
...seemingly monotonous ways in which Virgin Mary and Jesus are depicted, however, may easily deter the viewer from admiring the details in each individual painting. Virgin and Child often appear in repetitively similar postures—Virgin Mary cradles the Child in her arms, and they are often found clothed in rich, dark-colored robes in all of these Madonna paintings...
...five point lead over Costa Rica and Mexico with seven games left to play, but the team only needs to finish in the top three to make the field for the Cup, so only a major collapse would deter a fourth consecutive trip to the biggest dance of them...