Word: deterred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the affirmations of the meeting have been made, there are really two things to do: act in the most direct way possible to help Angolans and Indochinese, and avoid any issues which will deter us from helping these people. In the excitement of the moment those things may seem easy. But as we have seen before, they must remain the central--and the only--concerns. Otherwise the effects of Thursday's meeting and the actions that follow may, in the end, tally up to nothing...
...lodge infirmary. Hardly worth mentioning, however, compared to the snap, crackle and pop of Motorcycle Daredevil Evel Knievel, who, by rough count, broke his 101st, 102nd, 103rd and 104th bones at the Michigan State Fairgrounds last week. The latest fracture of his collarbone and ribs will not, of course, deter Knievel from his scheduled motorcycle leap this week in Sacramento, Calif., where he aims to soar over a pit filled with cars, mountain lions and 100 rattlesnakes...
...hostility that has marked the long-stalled Viet Nam peace talks. In fact, there was some speculation that the Chinese had a special motivation in choosing Paris as the site for Sino-American contacts. They wanted to show the cantankerous North Vietnamese that Hanoi's displeasure will not deter Peking from following its new line in foreign policy...
...also the $9.98 electric shock rod, a gadget that operates on four ordinary flashlight batteries and, according to the firm that markets it, releases "enough power to stop an angry bull in its tracks." The rod is more likely to prove shocking to the user when it fails to deter the attacker...
Gaylin, who is also a professor of psychiatry and law at Columbia University, points out that if, unlike Smith, the wanted person has a medical condition that is possibly fatal, fear of being turned in could deter him from seeking a doctor's attention. "What if, in the next instance of this," asks Gaylin, "the alleged criminal has a heart condition...