Word: preventative
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...policemen stood at the entryway for two hours to prevent anyone from entering the building. The Greenoughers went to the Union Parlor B, where they watched television and had a pillow fight, according to Greenough resident Thuylam Tran...
...provision of the Constitution shall prevent the General Court from regulating or prohibiting abortion unless prohibited by the United States Constitution, nor shall any provision of the Constitution require public or private funding of abortion, or the provision of services or facilities therefor, beyond that required by the United States Constitution. The provisions of this article shall not apply to abortions required to prevent the death of the mother...
City Councilor Saundra Graham responded by suggesting that stricter penalties be enacted to prevent Boston cab drivers from picking up fares in Cambridge...
...wishy-washy than (gasp!) Jimmy Carter? Not only were those strange-sounding accusations ringing out last week, they were coming from people who are normally among the President's staunchest supporters. Reagan, they charged, is letting his eagerness for an arms-control deal and a summit with Mikhail Gorbachev prevent him from precipitating a full-scale showdown with the Kremlin over the seizure of Nicholas Daniloff, the American reporter being detained in Moscow on what the U.S. regards as trumped-up espionage charges. Why, they asked, was Reagan being so cautious and pragmatic about not making a firm link between...
...other forums, U.S. negotiators, on Reagan's orders, offered concessions to keep arms-control bargaining going. At the 35-nation Stockholm conference on ways to prevent accidental war in Europe, the U.S. accepted a Soviet formula for aerial and ground inspection of military maneuvers. An agreement in Stockholm would be the first security deal negotiated by the Reagan Administration. When far more important bilateral talks on nuclear arms resumed last Thursday in Geneva, the U.S. indicated it would make a new "interim" proposal that would reduce the total of long-range strategic weapons by 30%. The new offer would allow...