Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...house in which the family members had been living. But charges against Squeaky were eventually dropped because of insufficient evidence. Her only convictions have been for relatively minor offenses. In 1971, for example, she and three other clan members were sentenced to 90 days in jail for trying to prevent a former fellow disciple from testifying at Manson's trial by allegedly feeding her an LSD-laced hamburger...
Until late in the week, Abe Beame was struggling to prevent the loss of the power that he had exercised so inadequately during the months of mounting crisis. In the bunker atmosphere of city hall, one die-hard loyalist muttered that Carey and his aides were out to "destroy" the mayor. But the Board of Estimate, the city's principal governing body, decided reluctantly to support the Carey plan as the only alternative to default. In the end, after winning some token concessions from Carey, Beame gave...
...School, at least at first. Plainclothesmen are assigned to patrol the corridors there, at Charlestown High and several other schools (see map). In addition, Boston's school administration has bought 15 weapons detectors−similar to those used in airports−which were placed inside high schools to prevent students from carrying knives, chains and guns to class. Students are being issued identification cards at Southie and several other schools where trouble is expected...
...think the unions have got so much power now in our plant and in the country as a whole that they don 't quite know what to do. If they wish, they can prevent management from doing anything. We are no longer in a position to manage except with the consent of the unions...
...feel absolutely emotional about it because ... it is so bloody stupid. It's like trying to walk across swampland. You know where you want to get, but there are all these things to prevent your legs from moving...