Word: deterring
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...Such difficulties failed to deter 7,000 new owners last year, 80% of them in Britain. Aga-Rayburn's managing director Geoff Harrop wants to see a push for the American market, where some 10,000 Agas already have homes and around 400 are sold every year. France and the Netherlands are also ripe for expansion. "The Group has declared a target of an annual 10,000 sales within two years," he says. The passion for minimalist kitchens is peaking in Britain, according to Homes & Gardens editor Matthew Line. It's good news for the Aga, but whatever the fashion...
...maintains that the same principle could be applied against any Palestinian representative who had been involved in terrorist actions and wreak havoc with European efforts to engage with both sides. That argument may resonate with politicians engaged in trying to revive the peace process, but it?s unlikely to deter the lawyers and judges pursuing cases against Israeli leaders. And that has forced Israel's foreign ministry to counsel extreme caution to traveling officials. Any Israeli military and political leaders potentially vulnerable to such charges are being advised to avoid traveling to or through countries where they...
...about the only business in America to have special status. They want to keep their privileged status. We should be able to hold HMOs accountable, the same way we treat doctors and nurses and others, in order to help patients get the health care they deserve. Strong accountability will deter HMO abuse and make sure that all patients get high quality care...
...think I would have made it--the book was that important--because it outlined a system of thought that was the absolute turning point in my life, in my attitude toward myself. Before it, I was so self-conscious and so underestimated myself that a dirty look would deter me. I didn't feel pretty, and though I was loaded with talent, I didn't realize any of it. My husband, to his credit, had been urging me to try comedy. On March 7, 1955, at 37, I debuted at a popular San Francisco night spot, the Purple Onion...
...company marketed I-Beam directly to consumers, since it had been used on the original and highly popular Bronco. But the Bronco II became a nightmare for Ford, which by the late 1980s faced more than 800 lawsuits that stemmed from accidents involving rollovers. That didn't deter Ford from using the same suspension on the new Explorer, which allowed the automaker to build the SUV on the same assembly lines as the Ranger pickup...