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...target--even while prime targets went undefended. "These threats are real," says Brian Jenkins, a terrorism expert at the Rand Corp., "but the increased probability of a terrorist attack does not increase the risks to any single individual." At the same time, even strengthening our defenses won't deter terrorists forever. The truth is, we probably have no way of knowing whether the country is prepared for the next attack until after it occurs. --Reported by Timothy J. Burger, James Carney, John F. Dickerson, Viveca Novak, Elaine Shannon and Michael Weisskopf/Washington, Maggie Sieger/Detroit, Leslie Whitaker/Chicago, Steve Barnes/Little Rock and Leslie...
...that he needed more time for inspections, which he said were going well. An armed Iraq poses a threat to U.S. national security, and forcibly disarming Iraq may become necessary, but without the backing of the U.N.—and without giving inspections a fair chance to deter and contain the threat of Iraqi arms under Saddam Hussein’s control—it would be misguided and counterproductive...
...endangering future economic growth. While presently low interest rates have protected middle-class homeowners from the economic downturn by allowing them to refinance mortgages, large government deficits—and spiked interest rates—would leave these families without such a safety net. Higher interest rates will also deter businesses from borrowing, leaving capital investment stagnated as well...
Both the University and the police are making efforts to deter students from crossing the river—a crime which carries a fine...
...Several people who may not have entirely agreed with us were happy to talk, and when I expressed to them the concern we had that it would deter conversation, they laughed,” Palfrey said. “They laughed and said Harvard students don’t get deterred by anything like that, and they said, we know you, and we know you espouse discussion of every point of view...