Word: preventative
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...oversight is in reality more subtle, say veterans of the process. "The Corporation's knowledge that this group of 30 people is watching over their shoulder will prevent them from doing anything silly," says former President Pusey...
Something of a turning point came, however, when the University negotiated a deal to prevent a large Harvard Square developer from building two large towers along the banks of the Charles River on a tract of land known as Parcel 1B. Instead, Harvard purchased the land itself and built the University Place office building along with the adjacent University Green condominiums--both of which opened...
...meeting at a Palm Springs hotel on March 17, Falwell precipitated Bakker's resignation with the threat that Swaggart was plotting a "hostile takeover" of PTL. Said Bakker: "I did not choose Jerry Falwell to take my ministry." Bakker noted that Falwell said he would be a "caretaker" to prevent the takeover while Richard Dortch, one of several Bakker aides who were later to be sacked by Falwell for mismanagement, would remain in charge. Subsequently, Falwell "betrayed" him, said Bakker, who added, "I mean, I sit back and I say, 'Dear God, how could we have our ministry stolen from...
...President's exhortation, however, would be unlikely to win over an audience of AIDS researchers. While Reagan has pressed for testing, most public health professionals believe the best way to contain AIDS is through education about how to prevent exposure to the virus. Moreover, the new guidelines are being written at a time when many experts are suggesting that the threat to the general public from AIDS has been exaggerated. Says Harold Jaffe, chief AIDS epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta: "We really have not seen much evidence for the spread of the virus into people...
Arafat wants to consolidate all Palestinian groups under the P.L.O. umbrella, perhaps to prepare them for possible negotiations with Israel within the framework of an international peace conference. He also wants to prevent his Arab rivals, notably Syrian President Hafez Assad, from continuing to exploit Palestinian feuding. For his part, Abu Nidal might welcome a reconciliation with the P.L.O. because his relations with his Syrian hosts have cooled considerably since 1986, when Assad came under heavy international pressure to distance himself from Abu Nidal-style terrorism...