Word: preventative
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anti-nuclear groups meanwhile plan to protest and lobby in an effort to prevent the operation of Seabrook. Concord'sSeacoast Clamshell, an anti-nuclear organization,plans to hold a candlelight vigil next month atthe gates of Seabrook to commemorate the Chernobylnuclear accident, said Clamshell member PaulGunter
...Reagan recover? Can he establish control over a fractured and demoralized Administration, set an agenda that would give the nation and world a renewed sense of leadership and prevent the last 23 months of his term from becoming a limping and possibly dangerous procession into the twilight? Perhaps. But it will involve conveying to the American people that he now, finally, understands what went wrong and what mistakes he made, and providing convincing assurances that they won't happen again. The real necessity is that Reagan become again the active, engaged President he was at times, though only at times...
...passed last November by the Conservative-led Parliament, judges can now jail those who, under oath, refuse to answer questions that involve insider trading. "Ours is the party of law-and-order," asserted Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson in the House of Commons. "The government is determined to prevent, detect and punish wrongdoing wherever it may occur." His speech was greeted by hoots and guffaws from the opposition...
...running out of fossil fuels, and problems with fission prevent us from using that," he said...
...events. In years past, however, the Conservative Club has had the last laugh, succeeding in its goal of goading its ideological opponents into excessive expressions of their opposition to the Club's guests. Two years ago, divestment activists formed a mob outside Lowell House in a misguided attempt to prevent a South African ambassador, who had just addressed the Club, from leaving the campus. And in the past year, overzealous protestors pelted a Nicaraguan contra with eggs and fake blood...