Word: deterred
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...destroy or capture the Taiwanese garrison and create a precedent for U.S. acquiescence to Chinese coercion, thus weakening Taiwanese morale before the main invasion a few years hence. The U.S. Senate needs to pass the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act with a veto-proof majority. Such a clear signal might deter a war in the Taiwan Strait. JAY LOO Lansdale...
Afternoon sun and speeches by students, workers and Cambridge officials attracted almost 200 activists to yesterday's rally for a living wage in front of University Hall, and an evening shower did not deter about 30 seasoned protesters from pitching tents in front of the Science Center in a "sleep-out" for workers' rights...
Afternoon sun and speeches by students, workers and Cambridge officials attracted almost 200 activists to yesterday's rally for a living wage in front of University Hall, and an evening shower did not deter about 30 seasoned protesters from pitching tents in front of the Science Center in a "sleep-out" for workers' rights...
...least two machines will necessarily bear signs reading "Out of Order", but this often fails to deter the more skeptically arrogant runners. They learn the hard way, and, after towing their belongings up to the apparatus, they ultimately lose their place in line when they realize the machine does not work...
Meanwhile, the one remaining day of exams did not deter some from frolicking in the newly fallen snow...