Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sloan now feels that the war is wrong, but that many of the anti-war criticisms about U.S. military methods are misplaced. "It's not that our military tactics are deliberately evil," Sloan says, "in fact the U.S. is bending over backwards to prevent civilian casual- ties. The war is wrong not because of its tactics but because it is being waged against innocent people...
...entirely different from the case of Connecticut Democrat Thomas Dodd, who was censured by the Senate in June for using $116,083 accumulated at testimonial dinners for paying liquor bills, home improvements and other personal expenses. That did not prevent Tom Dodd from sniping last week: "It seems strange to me that Percy was so critical of my friends' raising money...
...France: I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French...
...channel from Bonny Island, which is occupied by swarms of federal troops. Port Harcourt has the only major airport left to Ojukwu, who depends upon air shipments for arms and other vital supplies. Its loss would leave Ojukwu's men tightly sealed in their Ibo heartland. To prevent a federal force from coming up the channel, the Biafrans have sunk a barge, cars, trucks and even a bus in it. But last week the federal army was preparing to navigate a vast network of secondary channels and creeks to reach Port Harcourt...
...month, Harvard announced that all contractors vying for the Mather project had submitted construction bids substantially higher than the University estimate of $8 million. Before the contract could be signed and construction begun, the University had to find ways to reduce costs. University planners feared that the delay would prevent completion of the building by September 1969 as planned...