Word: deterring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...true that increased lighting and fewer high bushes would deter a lot of criminals from their activities," Morse said, "but people at Harvard should take it upon themselves to walk in groups at night, lock up their property and put their belongings in lockers or safe places. And Harvard likes to maintain a happy balance between appearance of the campus and its safety...
Brown's Democrats, who control both houses, predict other dire consequences: a brain drain that is bound to deter the best and brightest from working in the statehouse, and a weakening of the legislature as it confronts some of its own ex-staffers now in the ranks of special-interest lobbies. One surviving expert, respected Democratic economist Steven Thompson, 49, predicts that when the term limits start taking effect in 1996, the legislative branch could even suffer constitutionally. Reason: the inexperience of rotating members will prevent it from holding up its end of the checks-and-balances system. So vehement...
...course, the U.S. still wants to deter Israel from initiating conflicts in the region, especially nuclear conflicts. But Israel is most likely to conform its behavior to American requests when American abandonment is a credible threat--when U.S./Israeli relations are frostiest. If Israel were confident of unqualified American support, it would be unwilling to exhibit such remarkable restraint while absorbing Iraqi Scuds...
These are not answers; they are invitations to questions. What did Saddam Hussein hope to achieve by this bizarre and revolting picture show? Did he believe that the grisly footage would turn Western public opinion against the war? Deter pilots from their missions? Raise doubts about the fortitude and courage of the allied fighting forces? If so, Saddam had grossly miscalculated once again. The clumsy propaganda seemed only to harden civilian and military resolve that Saddam must be stopped. Western viewers did not need expert commentary to conclude that the statements made by 13 captured pilots -- eight Americans, two Britons...
Brown said yesterday that the experience will not deter him from planning future hiking expeditions for the Outdoor Club and cited Fowler's level-headedness and his experience in the First-Year Outdoor Program (FOP) as major factors in their survival...