Word: deterred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tiananmen Square, our differences were infinitely greater when we established relations in 1972 after 23 years of no communication whatever. But we recognized then that while we had irreconcilable differences, we had one overriding common interest that brought us together -- the need to develop a common policy to deter an aggressive and expansionist Soviet Union that threatened us both. Today, when the conventional wisdom is that the Soviet threat has diminished and when many even proclaim that the cold war is over, do we still have a common interest that overrides our differences? And if not, what is the glue...
Thornburgh's policy may also deter politically motivated leaks. The Justice Department faced criticism this summer after an offical leaked to CBS News information about an alleged criminal investigation of Rep. William Gray (D-Penn.). The report made it sound as if Gray were under criminal scrutiny, although the FBI was merely investigating an accountant whom Gray knew casually...
More likely than not, the new policy will never result in criminal charges. Thornburgh is probably just using the statute to deter loud-mouthers form getting too friendly with the press...
Similar obstacles did not deter Wisconsinlegislators from passing the only civil rightsstatutes against discrimination on the basis ofsexual orientation in the nation. Ten other statelegislatures are considering gay civil rightsbills, including Connecticut, Maine, New Jerseyand Vermont...
...weak ending should not deter moviegoers. Most of the movie is excellent. So what if the film covers some of the same issues already treated in Cry Freedom...