Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...over the outcome of the case. He gives his views first in the private conferences in which the Justices discuss cases and, to some extent, determines what cases the court will consider. He also commands the prestige of his office, which can be used to help preserve unity or prevent disunity from becoming bitter and destructive...
...that Sentinel was intended less as a truly effective defense system than as an expensive propaganda gesture for Soviet consumption. McNamara admitted that the Administration's original decision to go ahead with Sentinel was prompted by "marginal" factors. Some cynics speculated that another Johnson objective was to prevent the G.O.P. from making an election issue out of the "antimissile...
Nevertheless, at 10 p.m. police units went into action to move the crowd along, hoping to prevent any outbreak. Police dogs were used to drive panicking people down Charles Street and other side streets and between 10 and 20 people were arrested in the process...
...These past weeks, I have reviewed with horror and disgust my own inflammatory, biased and ill-considered remarks about the candidates, their policies, their motives and even their wives. What, indeed, had I to do with this latest paroxysm of violence? What can I possibly do to prevent another? I have no .22-cal. weapon to lay down, but I have preconceived opinions to lay aside, and harsh, irresponsible words to swallow...
Such a formula will still probably be required. The court's decision does not prevent Congress from legislating a copyright fee to protect the broadcasters and producing firms, and some CATV leaders publicly concede that this would be fair. Says Irving B. Kahn, president of TelePrompTer Corp., a cable franchise holder in New York City and Los Angeles: "We're not looking to be freeloaders. We still have an obligation to knock out a sensible and fair solution to the copyright problem." But the Supreme Court has strengthened the CATV bargaining position when negotiations resume. The cable owners...