Word: preventable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pachon said that if the presidential contest this year is a close one, Hispanics could gain more power by controlling swing votes in California, Texas, and Florida. But certain structural problems could prevent the community from fulfilling its possible role in the election, Pachon said...
...series of interviews with more than 20 junior and senior faculty members, many say that women junior faculty members face barriers that may prevent them from being promoted through the ranks of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
Because even optimists in the medical andscientific communities are saying that a vaccinecannot be found for at least five years, "the onlyway to prevent infection is through education,"Baltimore said. "Our only hope is to keep thepeople who are uninfected, uninfected...
...sought to enter the port of Haifa in British-controlled Palestine aboard the refugee ship Exodus in 1947. The P.L.O. effort, several weeks in the planning, was basically a theatrical gesture. But it promised to be an effective public relations ploy and infuriated the Israelis, who vowed to prevent the ship's arrival in Haifa. About 18 hours after the killing of the Fatah trio, a magnetic mine attached below the waterline of the Sol Phryne exploded, causing no injuries but leaving a 3 1/2-ft. by 1 1/2-ft. gash that disabled the vessel and prompted the P.L.O. to postpone...
...heirs. If the heirs sell the stock, they do not have to pay taxes on that $1,000, only on any gain that occurred after the stock was inherited. Instead, the heirs could be required, at the time of inheritance, to pay taxes on capital gains. To prevent heirs from having to sell assets to pay taxes, deferral of payments and income averaging could be allowed. $6 billion...