Word: deterent
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...mass destruction in Iraq have become the focus of extensive speculation in the media and the intelligence community. Questions have included whether U.S. intelligence was faked out on Iraq's non-conventional capability either by exiles wanting to take the U.S. into Iraq or by Saddam hoping to deter them (or both); whether the discrepancies in Iraq's reporting were deliberate concealment or based on the vagaries of a Stalinist bureaucracy in which accounting was routinely exaggerated to please superiors. The question of why Saddam continued to play cat-and-mouse games with the inspectors even if he had destroyed...
Over four nights, RAD classes teach about common circumstances of sexual assault, practical tips on how to avoid conflict and verbal tactics to deter an attacker...
...Texas Instruments these days, RFID is the workhorse behind applications like access control, baggage handling, sports ticketing and product authentication. In Plano, Texas, vice president David Slinger traces the genesis of the revolution to 1993, when companies like TI collaborated with carmakers to deter theft. TI, working with the Ford Motor Co., came up with a key that literally talks to a car. Use the wrong key, and the car is immobilized. "RFID transponders are now in 7 out of 10 cars," says Slinger, and car theft is down--as much as 75% for Ford's often-targeted Mustang...
Indeed, the four-foot shallow end introduced an extra element to deter Harvard, creating limitations as to how the players could compete while standing. In effect, the rules had changed, and the Gaels were able to use that to their advantage. The Crimson’s play was further restricted as the pool was only 25 yards long instead of the traditional 30 meters...
Former Dean of Harvard College Harry R. Lewis ’68 has often professed a love of his alma mater’s time-honored traditions—but that love apparently could not deter Lewis from unexpectedly snatching away one of the College’s most treasured perks: the use of fireplaces in undergraduate dorm rooms...