Word: deterring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nuclear weapons deter their own use. Arguably that is all they are good for. But tactical nukes, because they frighten allies whom they are supposed to protect, are good for even less. In fact, these weapons are good for nothing except as bargaining leverage to remove similar Soviet missiles in Eastern Europe. Thus the current furor is surprising only in that it took so long, and so much pressure from the left, for a West German Chancellor to adopt Kohl's present position...
...Pilate, when it cut "all official ties" with the final clubs in 1984. Such "harsh" measures included cutting off the clubs' Centrex and heating services. Yet their can be no doubt that the University has not exhausted its options as it has claimed. It does nothing to deter professors from dining there and, worst of all, says nothing about students' conspicuous membership in a discriminating institution...
...early in their careers, and the anxiety lingers. "It's the built-in nervousness in the system," says Michigan Democratic Congressman Sander Levin. "People who should be sure tend to be unsure." Small wonder that even the safest incumbents run up huge surpluses in their campaign war chests to deter future challengers...
Leach is one of nine full-time undercover wildlife cops working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Special Operations branch. At any given time, an undercover agent might simultaneously maintain three identities in efforts to deter the illegal killing or trafficking in wildlife. While the $130 million illegal-wildlife market pales in comparison with the billions Americans spend on drugs, undercover wildlife cops find themselves in equally exotic situations. Undercover stings have infiltrated a smuggling ring that exported falcons to Saudi royalty; a backwoods guide service that killed black bears for their gall bladders, which were then exported...
...Harvard area much safer in comparison with other schools. Some women at Brown University, for instance, walk home with lock-blades held under crossed arms. I do not think Harvard students need to react so rashly. But although a roving, ever-ready security system protects pedestrians, it does not deter intrusions into dormitories and common buildings, and hence possible sexual assault...