Word: deterent
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Opponents of capital punishment feel that prison terms without parole would deter as many potential murderers as the death penalty. Says Amsterdam: "The degree of punishment is not necessarily a deterrent even to someone who thinks rationally. What deters people from crime is the likelihood of getting caught and undergoing punishment." Reppetto agrees: "I always favor something that will get tough with a lot of offenders instead of getting very tough with just a handful...
Ostensibly designed for the protection of minors, in reality these bills have been served up by the New Right in part to deter abortion. The sad irony is that, in inducing many teenagers to forego contraception, they might well increase the number of abortions--and particularly the number of dangerous and even fatal ones--performed by quacks...
...have to deter a potential aggressor," she said. "Weakness would tempt him. Strength stops...
...various speeds, the movie blasts too far forward in a flurry of quickly edited footage of Charlie's arrival on the island. Various scenes are introduced--as if in a silent film--with a paragraph describing the proper procedure for that part of the wedding. These "clever" filming devices deter from the movie's overall effect, confusing the central action...
...alliance rejected the Andropov offer with near unanimity, though some members interpreted the speech as a possible signal that Moscow was ready to bargain. Within hours, U.S. State Department Spokesman John Hughes termed the proposal "unacceptable." It would, he said, leave the U.S. without a way "to deter the threat" of any remaining Soviet missiles targeted on Western Europe. In November 1981, Reagan had called on Moscow to dismantle all its intermediate-range arsenal in both Europe and Asia in return for a NATO promise not to deploy new nuclear missiles...