Word: deterent
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...Shoplifters Alternative, a New York--based rehabilitation program. Psychotherapy may help break the habit, as may drugs such as naltrexone, used to treat alcoholics, or antidepressants like Prozac. But the best therapy may be what Ryder got. When 112 repeat shoplifters were asked in a telephone survey what would deter them, their top choice was "prosecution." --With reporting by Jeanne McDowell/Los Angeles
...they have enjoyed until now; appeal procedures will be streamlined; access to benefit payments restricted; and holding centers built to house asylum seekers while their claims are being processed. But even if these measures are implemented next year as promised, it's by no means certain that they will deter migrants. Sangatte itself is proof of how attractive passage to the U.K. remains. The Sangatte center opened in September 1999 to cope with Kosovar refugees from the Yugoslav war, who had been sleeping out in Calais parks and trying to stow away on cross-Channel ferries. Since then, the huge...
...miles around. Kilograms of home-cooked explosive are packed into PVC tubes strapped to bamboo poles, fuses are connected to a car battery to provide an ignition spark, and then?whoosh!?the rockets shoot up into the stratosphere. It's illegal, and very, very dangerous, but that doesn't deter the moonshine-lubricated spectators crouched near the launching platform from placing bets on whose rocket can stay aloft the longest...
...week of similar protests over the closing of a pro-reform newspaper, hard-line vigilantes attacked university dormitories and killed one student. Many of the student leaders were suppressed and jailed. This time, Ayatollah Khamenei again issued official warnings and threatened to use force. Fortunately, this did not deter the students...
Second, a keg ban will not limit the amount of alcohol students will consume, but it will change the delivery systems. Yes, students will drink just as much from bottles or cans, which though they cost more, will not deter more alcohol consumption...