Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nigerian and Algerian governments argue that the cuts are for purely technical reasons, to prevent the damage to their oilfields that would result if they continued indefinitely pumping out crude at recent rapid rates. Nigeria's claim may be partly justified, but Western oilmen charge that Algeria's alleged cutback is nothing more than a sleight of hand. Algeria is secretly selling the oil for top dollar to spot-market buyers. Reports a high oil company executive: "What appears to be a cutback is really just a diversion to the spot market. This is more than a suspicion...
Narrow, single-interest groups are preventing the compromises that are essential to democracy, Wriston says. Nobody, not even the President, is empowered to make a tradeoff, to decide that the nation will incur some risks and costs and unpleasantness to build the productive base and acquire the energy that is needed to head off unemployment and prevent the lights from going...
...water's edge, atop the dunes that protect the island from the lash of the sea. After a devastating hurricane in 1926, many property owners erected groins, jetty-like projections, some of them stretching 150 ft. into the water. They had two purposes: to provide privacy and to prevent sand from being washed away from one place to another along the shoreline by sideswiping waves. The hotels also put up concrete sea walls to protect the buildings. But when waves bounce sharply off the walls, still more sand is carried...
Although Jordan did not prevent some decay in the building's condition, he prevented total chaos by clearing trash, doing minor repairs, keeping a security watch and keeping the heating system in good order, tenants said. But the Christmas after his departure was a Christmas without heat...
Jordan was unable to prevent total decay because of the inadequate amount of money Harvard was allotting for maintenance. In 1967, $4431 was spent on maintenance and repairs, while $1353 was spent in 1978, not counting inflation...