Word: prevented
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...Yemen (FLOSY) for control of two of the federation's 17 states. The N.L.F. already holds twelve, FLOSY two. Only the emirate of Beihan is still unbothered by the rebels. In Aden, the federation's dominant state, not even the presence of 10,000 British troops could prevent street fighting between the two groups...
...well trigger some 40,000 teacher resignations, mostly by members of the militant United Federation of Teachers, thereby delaying the scheduled opening of school this week for more than a million children. U.F.T. President Albert Shanker, a former junior-high math teacher, argued that there is nothing to prevent a teacher from quitting his job, although under a state law the union can be fined up to $10,000 a day for striking. Union leaders rejected a two-year, $125 million package of benefits proposed by Mayor John Lindsay's mediation panel, which would have raised starting salaries from...
Generally, the M-16 rates high praise from the men in Viet Nam, who find its light weight (7.6 Ibs.) and rapid rate of fire ideal for jungle warfare. With proper maintenance, which will always be necessary to prevent jamming, the fighting men in Viet Nam should also find it a lethally reliable friend in need...
Moaned Florida's Dante Fascell, one of the bill's managers: "I feel like the man who tried to prevent disaster by putting his finger in the dike-only to have somebody come along...
Rare indeed are the occasions when U.S. and Russian negotiators find themselves concurring on anything. So last week, when diplomats from the two countries agreed upon a draft treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, the general enthusiasm was understandable. After five years of dickering, it was all too easy to overlook the fact that one vital article of the treaty had been left blank. The negotiators in Geneva simply agreed to resume arguing later about the inspection procedures that all along have been one of the major stumbling blocks...