Word: deterred
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Morani said that another work security provision in the current contract—an extension of wages and benefits for up to three months for laid-off employees looking for work—has failed in its aim to deter the University from laying off employees...
Though Morani and Jaeger said they are trying to negotiate policies that will deter or cushion layoffs, some HUCTW members said they would prefer that the union instead negotiate for the ultimate work security: a no-layoffs clause...
...zeroes in on "FALSE FAT," water retention triggered either by dehydration (ah, the irony) or by common allergies or sensitivities to a trio of sin foods (wheat, dairy and sugar). Her fat-flushing, "liver-loving" low-carb diet calls for drinking eight glasses of cranberry water a day to deter water retention and help clean up cellulite, plus a glass of hot water with fresh lemon juice to aid fat metabolism and stall carbohydrate digestion...
Many modern catholics have adapted their beliefs to the realities of today's world. St. Louis, Mo., Archbishop Raymond Burke's public warning to Kerry "not to present himself for Communion" because of his stance on abortion will not deter Kerry from making it to the White House. That warning will, however, further impede the Catholic Church's ability to meld relevant spiritual values with the choices all Catholics face today. JILL HOLDAWAY San Jose, Calif...
...major genocides of the 20th century. Power's study examined U.S. responses to such horrors as the Ottoman massacre of the Armenians, the Nazi Holocaust, the crimes of Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein's gassing of the Kurds. In each case, Power argued, U.S. policymakers "did almost nothing to deter the crime." During atrocities like Saddam's slaughter of the Kurds and the Hutu killing of 800,000 Tutsi in Rwanda, the U.S.'s refusal to intervene emboldened the killers even more...