Word: deterred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...highly unlikely that the mere existence of a student center would, in itself, promote greater interaction among various groups of students or deter students from going to final clubs. Given its likely location in Memorial Hall--far from the houses--and the fact that it would hold a new freshman dining hall, it's doubtful that the new center would attract any upperclass students...
While this may be an ambitious goal, that does not deter advocates of the handicapped, who are not easily discouraged and are well aware of the potential for a fully accessible society in the not-too-distant future...
...Force objecting to the placement of GWEN in Massachusetts, you suggested that having such a communications system might encourage the "mistaken belief that nuclear war can be kept under control once it begins" and thereby "make national leaders more inclined to let one begin." Governor, what deters war is the completeness and integrity of the U.S. deterrent, and secure communications enhance our deterrent. Yet you seem to suggest that the way to deter war is to be unprepared to respond...
...these conventional improvements at $3 billion over four or five years, as you did in an interview with the Baltimore Sun published on July 3, you have trivialized the problem. A more realistic estimate would be tens of billions of dollars a year. Strengthening NATO's ability to deter war should not be simply an afterthought for a politician who may have painted himself into a corner by opposing strategic nuclear programs; a true conventional defense initiative will require additional expenditures roughly on the order of the Strategic Defense Initiative itself. As you seek to become the leader...
...Instead, Dukakis speaks of the need to build up NATO's capacity for "winning" a nonnuclear war. Such talk understandably unnerves European allies, who know the horrors of wars being waged on their territory. But aside from the unartful language, Dukakis' goal makes sense: enhancing NATO's strength could deter a conventional war or, if that failed, raise the threshold at which nuclear weapons might be used...