Word: preventable
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Simon's campaign had been counting on a second place finish here in order to prevent the race from becoming a Dukakis-Gephardt showdown. When asked if Simon's third place finish will force the Illinois senator out of the race, Dukakis said, "No, I don't, but I think it would be very difficult...
Each of the U.S. armed forces has regulations, based on congressional legislation, designed to prevent female soldiers from being killed in action or captured as prisoners of war. Instead, women are limited to "combat support" roles. But in an era when combat no longer occurs on clear-cut front lines, supported by a rear echelon, these rules, established after World War II, have created some peculiar quandaries. While Linde and her female colleagues are not permitted to fly fighter aircraft, Air Force women regularly pilot KC-135 tankers that refuel the fighters and make an even more tempting target...
Botha and his National Party, which controls 133 of the 166 elected seats in the all-white House of Assembly, could pass these measures anyway. Botha, however, cannot prevent Hendrickse from blocking another proposal -- the postponement of elections from 1989 to 1992. Shocked by the strong showing of the far-right Conservative Party in last year's balloting and alarmed that his party might lose control of the government, Botha wants to delay next year's vote. But the deferral must be approved by all three houses. Hendrickse says he will pass the measure only if Botha will agree...
Those days presumably ended with last week's indictment. In effect, it will prevent Noriega from traveling to the U.S., where he would be arrested. Noriega would face the same risk in France, where he keeps an apartment, and in other countries that have an extradition treaty with...
America's comparative decline in the international pecking order will not imply a lapse of national drive or purpose: "It simply has not been given to any one society to remain permanently ahead of all the others." Furthermore, enlightened leadership should be able to detect changing realities and thus prevent a slide from turning into a crash: "The only serious threat to the real interests of the United States can come from a failure to adjust sensibly to the newer world order." Not everyone will welcome or accept Kennedy's bittersweet verdict that the U.S. may become healthier...