Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with other allies to prevent full U.S. involvement in future situations like Viet Nam and, not least, to find some way to calm the volcanic Middle Eastern situation...
Rigged Subsidies. To forestall speculation, any currency changes would be negotiated in extreme secrecy. Many experts argue that a reshuffling of parities should precede efforts to introduce more flexible exchange rates. Under today's International Monetary Fund rules, member nations must prevent their currencies from going more than 1% above or below official parity. Allowing fluctuations of 4% or 5% would theoretically help to eliminate recurrent monetary crises. But such a reform would take quite a bit of time to negotiate, and the talks themselves might heighten speculation...
...hold the overwhelming lead: "I want Control Data to be the Ford of the com puter industry." Though few people expect that IBM will be broken up, Control Data's suit may force the giant to back up a step or two. At the very least, it may prevent premature announcements of computers that are not quite ready to live up to expectations...
Moral indignation against the war in Vietnam is so justified that when, a year ago, hundreds of students violated a University rule in their demonstration against Dow, many professors did all they could to put that incident into its context and to prevent excessive punishment. Moreover, the Dow affair had largely resulted from, and was pointing to, the inadequacy of channels in which students and professors together could discuss issues of public policy involving the University. But I do not believe that the sit-in of last Thursday, which led to the cancellation of the Faculty meeting, can be defended...
Long overlooked by collegiate rivals, Harvard's varsity ski team has finally emerged with enough individual talent to challenge Dartmouth and Middlebury for the Eastern Championship. An assortment of injuries and illnesses, however, might prevent the squad from becoming the finest in Harvard history...