Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Davis said he did not know where the buckshot came from, but that the Purchasing Department will conduct an investigation in an attempt to prevent any future occurrences of this type...
...fact that he's aware of his own ludicrousness doesn't prevent Allan from doing stupid, inappropriate things. In trying to impress a blind date, he anoints himself profusely with Mennen Spray Deodorant, Lavoris, Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder, Canoe and Binaca--leaves Thelonius Monk and Bartok albums strewn "carelessly" about and waxes philosophically ("Pain...it washes memories off the sidewalk of life.") He knows what he's doing, and yet somehow can't restrain himself...
...Committee demonstrated that three American presidents supported covert action against Allende; that American corporations poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into opposition to Allende, including support to the truckers' strike which played a key role in toppling the regime; and that the CIA itself distributed over $20 million to prevent Allende's election and to overthrow him once he came to power. Nevertheless, the committee claims that the CIA was not directly involved in the 1973 coup...
...early November the Harvard College library asked the OFS to replace the 6000 10/80 bursars cards it mailed out in October, after rejecting as too slow equipment designed to prevent fraudulent book borrowing...
Colker said yesterday that the creation of the task force reflects a desire on the part of its 12 member organizations to pool their resources and data, and to prevent administrators from "playing one organization off against another...