Word: deterent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Drunk driving--and liver disease--should be enough to deter people from alcohol. Research on rats indicates that even one binge may raise the risk that undiagnosed cancer cells will spread. Rats injected with ALCOHOL AND CANCER cells grew more tumors than abstemious ones...
...students say even the chance of interruption doesn't deter them from bringing someone back to their rooms...
...assassinate one of the four presidential candidates, Taiwan's government has stepped up security measures as tensions mount before elections scheduled for March 23. Officials have increased the number of bodyguards assigned to each candidate from 39 to 45 as a precautionary measure. "Since China seemingly failed to deter the elections through military intimidation," says TIME's Oscar Chiang, "the Taiwanese are speculating that China is trying to disrupt elections by attempting to assassinate one of the candidates." Chiang reports that Taiwanese law stipulates that if any candidate is killed or disabled, the elections must be canceled. Taiwanese television reported...
...drug trafficking and money laundering does not cosset criminals but puts them on the run. We hope to drive this menace from our shores. In January, Antigua and several other Caribbean countries began treaty negotiations with the U.S. to strengthen the measures that our countries can take to deter drug trafficking and money laundering. LIONEL A. HURST, Ambassador Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda Washington...
...Michigan law is being used to deter "Johns" from coming into Detroit from the suburbs to solicit prostitutes. According to George Ward, chief assistant prosecutor in Wayne County, the law resulted in the seizure of 2,927 vehicles last year. As for any unwitting wives, Ward asks, "What about the idea that the residents of Sheffield Street are even more innocent, and shouldn't have to put up with the vice market of prostitution?" The Supreme Court, in a decision written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and joined by Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Ginsburg...