Word: deterent
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...forced to carry dirty bottles back to recycling centers. Others warn that the bottle proposals will cost the average consumer $100 a year and will not limit littering. Says one anti-bottle bill campaigner: "A slob is still a slob, and a 5?or 10? deposit won't deter...
Occasionally, blacks observing Blue on street corners accuse him of demeaning himself in public. However, disapproval does not deter him. "I'm striving for greatness," he usually responds...
Some people-nobody has a good estimate of how many-are not actively looking for jobs but list themselves as unemployed in order to collect the benefits that are available. In scattered cases, the benefits amount to more than people can earn after deducting taxes and expenses and thus deter them from looking hard for work. Says an unemployed Miami secretary: "My take-home pay was $135 a week. I spent $35 for child care, about $10 getting back and forth to the office and maybe $10 for clothes to wear at work. I'm better off staying...
...normally sleepy town of Umtata (pop. 25,000), the cold and drizzle did not deter the frantic last-minute preparations for independence day. Giant yellow earthmovers groaned through the mud of the Transkei's capital, completing $12 million worth of new paved highways and carving out access roads to the newly completed $14 million airport and a $2.4 million Holiday Inn. The immediate purpose of all the construction is to prepare for distinguished visitors. The only head of state who has so far accepted an invitation to next week's ceremonies, however, is South Africa's President...
Ford claimed that Carter's proposed reductions in the defense budget "will not permit the U.S. to be strong enough to deter aggression." Ford charged that...