Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...19th century wars against the whites by South Africa's largest and fiercest tribe (see box below). This time, however, the target of the angry Zulus in Soweto was the black militants-the student leaders and other activists who were leading a three-day boycott to prevent Soweto's 250,000-member black labor force from going to work in Johannesburg, 15 miles away...
...Kruger's complaints about South African society today is that the English-language press is too free. He advocates a law that would prevent publication of the names of people detained without trial under the security laws-a prospect that appalls white moderates. Kruger's proposal, they fear, could transform South Africa from a police state into a secret police state...
...that kind of campaigning." He also can be abrasive and slashing to opponents, though his sense of humor alleviates some of the sting. Cracks Minnesota Republican Chairman Chuck Slocum: "We've got righteous Jimmy, dull Walter and stuffy Jerry. Bob Dole will add some zip to the campaign and prevent it from being dull...
...material into six separate drafts. Ford read these and underlined in red pencil the passages he liked best. Those he picked went back into the typewriter and emerged as a new, amalgamated version. Only two copies were made-one for Ford, one for Hartmann-in order to prevent leaks and staff kibitzing...
...York's Republican-Conservative junior Senator permitted an abortive effort to win support for himself as an alternative to Ford or Reagan, thus diminishing his prime asset: an image as a non-politician who happens to be in politics. Buckley insisted his move was selfless -intended to prevent a first-ballot victory and permit delegates bound to a candidate whom they did not favor to vote their convictions on subsequent ballots. When a scant twelve delegates rallied to his tardily raised banner, Buckley withdrew to concentrate on his reelection race. Mused New York G.O.P. Chairman Richard Rosenbaum...