Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...modify the emergency core-cooling systems (which are designed to pour thousands of gallons of cooling water on a runaway reactor and thereby prevent The China Syndrome-type meltdown that was narrowly averted at Three Mile Island...
...government should not infringe was an article of faith with "freeborn Englishmen" as far back as 1215, when a group of barons sat King John down to sign the Magna Carta. So there was considerable irony in the fact that an international court, born out of the Holocaust to prevent the rise of another Nazi Germany, solemnly declared last week that Great Britain had failed a basic test of human rights. Free expression, ruled the 20-judge European Court of Human Rights, had been denied by a longstanding English law that stifled the press and allowed a national scandal...
...while, the British press was banned from saying anything about it. The reason: under British "contempt of court" law, judges quickly impose fines and jail terms on editors and reporters who comment on any case under court review. The purpose of the law is to prevent "trial by newspaper," but no attempt is made to balance fair trial and free press; the law is applied any time press coverage could possibly be prejudicial, even if publication would serve the public interest. If the U.S. had the same law, Watergate might still be under wraps, since the Washington Post would have...
...CANNOT rely on others to prevent our self-destruction. We must ourselves take responsibility for our survival. In the U.S. support for the anti-nuclear movement is coming from the campuses, from the old anti-war people, from the conservationists, and from just plain folks who are running scared. The Student Coalition Against Nukes Nationwide began in the fall of 1978 with four member schools. It now has 40 member schools, including Harvard. Boston Clamshell used to hold Wednesday orientation meetings at its headquarters; hundreds of would-be clams kept calling and dropping by and the Alliance...
Sevcenko said language problems may prevent Moroz from teaching until his English improves, but noted that he might contribute to several seminars that have been taught in Ukrainian...