Word: deters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recidivism (the committing of new crimes by those convicted of earlier offenses) for 1972 was 65 per cent; and the National Council of Crime and Delinquency in 1974 found that one third of all inmates released since 1970 were back behind bars. It's not even clear that prisons deter crime: studies have indicated that it's the certainty of the punishment, that is, the swift and efficient working of the entire criminal justice system, rather than the severity of the sentence, that deters criminals...
...highly articulate anti-abortion forces. Dr. William Lynch, a Boston obstetrician who helped organize the anti-abortion National Commission for Human Life, expressed sympathy for Dr. Edelin but was pleased with the verdict. He was critical of the reaction of other doctors because "the only thing that will deter them from performing abortions is not the threat to human life, but the threat of a malpractice suit...
Looking ahead, the biggest problem will be in maintaining a proper equilibrium among the three powers-Russia, China and the U.S. The U.S. has a tremendous responsibility to maintain a credible posture both in material terms and in being able to deter wars. We will need the kind of skill in diplomacy that will avoid brinkmanship and the possibility of miscalculation...
Although the treaty need not require it, Ullman suggests stationing U.S. troops in Israel as part of an alliance. Positioned along the Arab-Israeli borders, the G.I.s might help deter attacks as effectively as they have in South Korea, West Berlin and West Germany. There they act as "trip wires"-their vulnerability serving to convince any potential aggressor of the near impossibility of striking without taking some American lives and thus presumably drawing the U.S. into...
While many of Harvard's most loyal students, faculty and alumni watched the Crimson eleven defeat the New Haven invaders Saturday, other undergraduates did not allow the long-awaited contest to deter them from other pursuits...