Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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HUPD's dispatcher broadcast a description of the suspects--three young males and two young females wearing dark clothes. An officer raced to the T station in the Square to prevent the suspects from fleeing through the subways...
Even FM reporters have joined the underwear selling bandwagon. This past weekend, one posted an ad on Ebay for a pair of silk Victoria Secret panties. Already, there have been bidders. Yes, these bidders may be sick, but should that prevent this profitable enterprise? Imagine how much someone might pay for the panties of a NCAA Harvard hockey champ? Or a U.C. Bigwig? How much more for a bra-underwear set? The opportunities are endless. But please, no laundry room brawls--there are more than enough to go around...
...Obviously, Western `Goebbels' machinery tries in short runs and with shock therapy to achieve a moment effect on TV in order to provide some more points for the political top in Washington and urgently achieve some short-run criminal aim for which they need some cover in order to prevent the publicity to understand what they actually...
...diplomatic solution to the crisis will not be quick in coming. If past experience is any guide, Milosevic likely consented to the soldiers' release because of his own interests. The release was timed to prevent Clinton from taking any credit, as the White House had requested that Jackson not go, and the move could improve Milosevic's image and therefore his position in a negotiated peace. Such negotiations will not be easy: although there are some issues on which NATO can afford to be flexible, there are many on which the alliance must be adamant--including the removal of Serb...
HPRE officials plan to attach a cable to the new clapper that will prevent it from falling out of the steeple even if it breaks off again, Murphy said...