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...more critical of Pervez Musharraf’s army-backed rule. The electronic media and the judiciary were refusing to act as his puppets, and his approval ratings were at an all time low. The state of emergency that Musharraf declared on Nov. 3 was thus aimed to preempt civil society from wresting power from him. And while Musharraf has made certain concessions in the aftermath of the declaration, these miniscule measures fall miserably short of securing democracy in Pakistan...
...what some lawyers and analysts see as an attempt to preempt a supreme court decision declaring him ineligible to run for President, Musharraf, through his lawyer, promised the court on Tuesday that if reelected by the parliament, he would step down as army chief before being sworn in on November 15. It's a promise that rings hollow to some, and one that has been heard before. In 2002 Musharraf promised that he would step down as army chief in exchange for a one-time exemption to the very same article 63, citing the ongoing political tensions. Back then...
...before the June 5 Republican debate, Senator John McCain tried to preempt the coming criticism. He knew he would spend the debate flanked by nine candidates waiting to rip into the Senate compromise bill he helped write, which calls for a salve of legalization, border security and guest-worker programs. So in a Miami speech on June 4, he sought to distance himself from the "a" word. "Critics of the bill attack this as amnesty," he said. "[But] we impose fines, fees and other requirements as punishment." The bill, he said, is not amnesty...
...Olmert wooed Lieberman in part to preempt the Yisrael Beiteinu leader from coupling with his one-time mentor and leader of the Likud opposition, former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. While the move maintains the primacy of Olmert's Kadima party, some questioned how a Prime Minister already under fire for his management of the Hizballah war could hand Lieberman, who has no military or intelligence background, a position that carries at least some responsibility for watching Iran, which many Israeli leaders identify as their country's greatest threat...
...outbreak formed the basis for UHS’s current protocol. And post-9/11 fears led administrators to refine those plans. After the 9/11 attacks, the threat of anthrax and other biological agents led administrators to consider the high risk of contagion in residential colleges. They try to preempt, rather than acting after the fact.The Hot ZoneLate in the evening of Dec. 8 of 1994, freshmen began streaming into Stillman Infirmary; thirty students would receive IV treatment on site. UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59, who was also director at that time, recalls that he didn?...