Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...difference in 1968 will be that the moderates should be in a suf ficiently strong position to prevent such a battle and to select a candidate-whoever he may be-with a realistic chance of winning the election. Thus the most reassuring outlook for '68 is that whichever party and candidate may capture the presidency, the global and domestic commitments...
...railroads. The union men set this week for a strike that, if it occurs while the truckers are out, could create the worst transportation snarl in the nation's history. The Government has already invoked the Railroad Labor Act's 60-day grace period to prevent a strike and now is helpless to act beyond presidential persuasion or special authority from Congress or the courts. A rail strike could idle up to 630,000 workers, halt commuter service and sidetrack as much as 30% of all military traffic...
...many. The search for a "cure," therefore, is a search for many cures; researchers must pursue clues in every conceivable direction. Last week's news of the pursuit involved viruses-plus additional confirmation that oral contraceptive pills have not only been acquitted of causing cancer but actually help prevent one form in certain cases...
Last Thursday, Baird was arrested at Boston University after a meeting in which he distributed non-prescriptive contraceptives to three coeds. He was arraigned then only on charges of exhibiting and distributing devices to prevent pregnancy, not on a charge of furnishing information...
...ordinating Committee (SNCC) and the predominantly white, nationally-organized Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). The former is without doubt on the decline; the latter, in a period of transition, is attempting to move in new directions in the hope of extending its grass-roots support and thus prevent its demise...