Word: deterence
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policy was attacked by both Chinas, since each claims to be the sole and rightful representative of all of China's people. But that did not deter the Administration. As President Nixon told reporters in the Oval Office after returning from a swing through Iowa and Ohio, China must be regarded not only as "the most populous nation in the world,* [but one] which potentially in the future could become the most powerful nation in the world...
...simplest recommendations forecast schools resembling prisons. All classrooms would be locked when not in use (many already are) and teachers would have to return their keys to the principal's office before leaving each night. Outside handles would be removed from all doors save the main one, to deter students who had been suspended or expelled from coming back in and roaming the halls. Every student would have an ID card. Since fights often break out in cafeterias, the panel suggested that schools substitute plastic garbage bags for the metal cans that are now turned into missiles...
...American museum still tends to be an institutional parody of the robber baron's castle, staking its prestige more on acquisitions than functions. The Metropolitan speaks with politic sincerity of "bringing art to the people"-though this did not deter it last October from slapping what amounts to a tax on art education by reinstituting an admission fee for the first time in 30 years. But these declarations are apt to be gutted by the display of a now old multimillion-dollar painting. For what will Juan de Pareja on its draped wall in the Metropolitan mean...
Many of these "commitments" are more apparent than real, since they cannot be carried out without the approval of Congress. The purpose of these agreements, as the late Senator Walter George once noted, was to deter potential aggressors "from reckless conduct by a clear-cut declaration of our intentions." Often it has been shown that intentions cannot be made all that clear-resulting in misunderstanding by friend and foe alike...
...demonstrate within 500 feet of an embassy. At present, the best course is probably for law-enforcement officials to try to make a strong case against J.D.L. members if there is evidence that they are breaking existing laws-as in the latest charges against Kahane. That may well deter the more offensive assaults on Soviet diplomats and their families...