Word: prevent
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...York City's Cardinal O'Connor is a favorite target of AIDS and abortion- rights protesters. He is among the most outspoken of Catholic bishops in condemning homosexuality and opposing the use of condoms to prevent AIDS. He has also supported the obstructionist tactics of such antiabortion groups as Operation Rescue that block abortion clinics and harass their clients. "It's quite ironic that Cardinal O'Connor is so angry over this act of civil disobedience, when he has espoused a form of it himself," said Ellen Carton, executive director of the New York State branch of the National Abortion...
Anti-government protests apparently began after hundreds of ethnic Hungarians formed a human chain Friday night to prevent the eviction of the Rev. Laszio Toekes, a Reformed Church clergyman who has championed their rights, Berindei said...
...half million of the 2.3 million cardholders have deserted the party in recent weeks, and last week middle-ranking members joined the opposition groups in crying for the departure of the power brokers who for 41 years imposed their rule. Citizens worked with the regular People's Police to prevent the shredding and theft of incriminating documents. Airline flights to Rumania were suspended to block the removal of key documents. Police sealed the offices of party leaders and searched other party members as they exited their workplaces...
...accept any form of reunification," he declared. "It would have a major destabilizing effect." Even a loose East-West German confederation, he said, would create internal problems for Gorbachev and tensions with the West. Migranyan suggested that the Soviet Union, the U.S., France and Britain formally agree to prevent any joining of the Germanys in the near future. Grunwald demurred, pointing out that the U.S. could never accept such a formal accord because of Washington's official commitment to the goal of reunification. Moreover, said Grunwald, the Soviets could do little to prevent such a course if it actually took...
...should a paternalistic and moralistic quest for homogenization prevent first-years from enjoying some degree of choice in this very basic and very important decision...