Word: preventable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Smith said their greatest concern was "how we keep from becoming therapists." To prevent peer counselors from assuming the roles of therapist and psychiatrist, EPO counselors meet with UHS or the Bureau of Study Counsel weekly, reviewing the week's activity, Smith said...
...purpose of shouting down the Contras was not to prevent people from hearing their point of view. After all, that point of view, as enunciated by the Administration, is trumpeted across front pages of newspapers all across the country. Rather this action was a protest against the presence of one who represents, perhaps participates in, and surely is actively attempting to continue the funding of the most heinous atrocities. It is the actions, not the opinions of the contras that merit the treatment they received...
...matter how it's packaged, the NRA bill does absolutely nothing to make federal gun law more enforceable. In fact, it will make nightmarish any attempts by government--federal, state, or local--to prevent easily concealable handguns from getting into the hands of Hinckleys, lunatics, and criminals...
...they really cared to see that gun laws are enforced, they would not consider surprise inspections of gun dealers as a violation of man's natural rights and would support a mandatory 15-day federal waiting period on all purchases of handguns. Such a provision would not prevent any "honest citizen" from defending himself and would not violate the rights of gun dealers. It would merely give an angry gun purchaser time to cool down and the government a chance to check the background of potential gun owners for mental illness and criminality...
...prevent future robberies the University has increased police surveillance of the area; alerted tenant associations, and checked the lighting in and around the garage, Morse said...