Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Late last week Beame was able to defer an imminent strike of hospital workers by delaying the firing of still more employees. Victor Gotbaum, local head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has vowed to lead an illegal stoppage from jail, if necessary, to prevent an additional 3,150 layoffs (5,900 already had been let go). If Beame yields to such pressure, he will have to scramble to save dollars elsewhere. Tense bargaining with other major unions this month could produce new conflicts...
...Italy, who could prevent us from following our own path? The frontiers are what they...
...first "war" (1958), Britain was unable to prevent Iceland from extending its fishing limits from four miles to twelve miles; in the second (1972-73), Iceland extended its limit to 50 miles...
Lowest Point. Despite some shortcomings, U.S. policy has bolstered Middle East moderates and helped prevent another war. It has also increased American influence throughout the region and, for better or worse, brought Soviet influence to its lowest point in two decades. These achievements have made the U.S. the only nation generally accepted by all sides as the potential Middle East peacemaker. Implicit in Secretary of State Kissinger's commitment to the Middle East is the assumption that massive material and diplomatic support is justified by the expectation that peace can be achieved within a comparatively short time...
...short term, barring miscalculation, continued U.S. brokerage is likely to prevent such a war. Along with their internal problems that counsel against renewed fighting, Arabs and Israelis alike know the U.S. is too hamstrung by its presidential election this year to assert the leadership necessary to produce new momentum in lieu of war. But 1977 will be the year of the crunch. Israel is fearful-and the Arabs hopeful-of heavy postelection pressure on Jerusalem to withdraw from occupied territories. Beset by unrest on the West Bank, a faltering economy and a bitterly divided leadership, Israel could find such pressure...