Word: prevent
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Nevertheless, there are leaders. Invariably they are drawn from among the older members, the elders of the community, who claim a superior understanding of the rules of the house and how they are to be construed. These rules were formulated, of course, to ensure impartiality and prevent abuse of power. But they also provide an opportunity for special expertise, in just the way that Berawan adatlaw is the preserve of the noblemen. Adat is a word meaning everything from religious observance to interpersonal etiquette. The co-op also has its adat, as is clear enough when one hears an older...
...national mood of self-criticism and self-searching that has grown out of Viet Nam and Watergate. He refuses to face the reality that he too is a part of that history and that his own role remains confused and tarnished. He believes he is fighting to prevent the nation from consuming itself in bitterness and self-recrimination...
...churning mob through powerful loudspeakers, ordering them to disperse. Thousands of militiamen and soldiers marched into the square to restore order. In all, more than 1,000 people were arrested, and throughout the night 1,000 militiamen stood guard with fixed bayonets at the Martyrs' Monument to prevent another outbreak of violence...
...that some Middle East observers cynically predict that Lebanon could become "Syria's Viet Nam." The Syrians support the Moslems' basic goal: political reforms that would change an outdated sectarian system in which the Christians have an unjustifiably large share of power. But Syria also wants to prevent a de facto partitioning of the country, which could happen if the Moslems carry on their offensive. A weak Maronite state, Syrians fear, might need foreign support-possibly Israeli-and might become a base for anti-Arab activity. The Syrians have infuriated the Moslem coalition by trying...
Thus there are fears that sooner or later the army may move to seize power. "There is nothing to prevent them if they have a mind to do so," Seni told McWhirter last week. "They, after all, have the guns." Seni knows this all too well -he was Prime Minister for a scant four months in 1946 before being ousted by a military coup...