Word: deters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard also has a reputation "as a place where you're on your own," Yellin said. "I think that could deter women who aren't comfortable being assertive...
...that brave new world, people might pop vitamins C and E to deter the development of cataracts, the clouding of the lens in the eye that afflicts 20% of Americans over 65. Patients taking high doses of both vitamins appear to reduce the risk of cataracts by at least 50%, according to a Canadian study. Vitamin C may be especially efficient because it concentrates in the eye. Scientists at the National Eye Institute estimate that if cataract ; development could be delayed by 10 years, about half of cataract surgery could be eliminated...
Some residents and councillors say the restrictions on in-city parking will deter people from patronizing local businesses...
...grateful for the strong endorsement of my integrity by the Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner and other members of the Harvard Administration. I will not allow these baseless allegations to deter me or my staff from carrying out faithfully our responsibilities to Memorial Church in the highest tradition of Harvard University. I do not believe that these allegations demand any further comment by myself or my staff as further comment will only serve to give credence to something that deserves none...
...watershed moment for America's world role. In the cold war, we played a dramatic but defensive role in containing communism. In the immediate postwar years, we implemented a two-pronged strategy to blunt Moscow's main thrust in Europe, using military power to deter aggression and economic power through the Marshall Plan to counter the communist ideological challenge. We later beat back Soviet salients in Korea, the Philippines, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Angola, Afghanistan and elsewhere...