Word: deterring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seven of us saw the failures in those early Redstone rocket tests, but that didn't deter us--especially not Al. Waiting in his capsule through yet another delay before his historic mission, we heard him bark, "Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?" That moment says more about Alan Shepard than anything else...
...service?s own arguments for its silence goes right out the window. Attorney/client privilege isn?t about protecting the lives of future presidents, it?s about keeping Bill Clinton?s secrets, and there?s no longer any way to obscure that. But losing some PR bloom won?t deter the White House legal team. "Ordinarily, a third party like Cockell isn?t covered by attorney/client privilege -- if the window washer overhears things, he can talk about them," says Cohen. "But the White House can claim that since Clinton is required to have the agents near him, he still deserves...
...with God. Instead of pledging to increase financial aid this year, Harvard pledged close to nothing (our offers would remain within "shouting distance" of those of other schools, promised President Neil L. Rudenstine). And now the results are in. Not only did the College's higher prices fail to deter students from enrolling; the percentage of admitted students choosing to matriculate actually increased...
...Jackson's disappointing showing did not deter Kristol from pursuing politics. After graduating magna cum laude from the College, he pursued his government education at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...
...India, there is nothing obsolete about raw military power. It lost a humiliating war to China in 1962. It sees a palisade of Chinese nuclear missiles aimed at India. It sees China clandestinely supplying Pakistan, India's arch-enemy, with nuclear technology. Hence the bomb: to deter China, intimidate Pakistan and generally assert itself as a great power...