Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...country where the press is usually polite and docile, that ominous warning was recently sounded by the Thai newspaper Siam Rath. A lot of Thais-and Americans-believe that the warning is not exaggerated. The country that once hoped to prevent rather than to fight a Communist insurgency now finds itself involved in an expanding guerrilla fight that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the early days of the Viet Nam war. In Thailand's long-neglected Northeastern provinces, a growing, increasingly bold force of nearly 2,000 Communist terrorists is striking with guns and propaganda at a lengthening list...
...even less of a political pragmatist. He apparently fails to appreciate the intuitive genius of the accomplished politician. He was outraged when people began to talk about John Lindsay for President after his walks through Harlem helped prevent riots last summer. Buckley wanted to know how this equipped him for the presidency: "Is the Secretary of State properly engaged in walking up and down the Biafran frontier, grinning and winking at the disputants? Would he then rush off to Wuhan, there to quiet the impulses of the Red Guards...
...Crimson defense held Andover without a shot in the first period. The only real Andover threat came with a scamble in front of the Harvard goal early in the second quarter. Andover fired two quick shots from close in, but Harvard goalie Bill Meyers made two sprawling saves to prevent the score...
...area defined by these same four units there will also be two large courtyards to give light to the lower floor of the buildings--like Hilles Library, the new complex wil be on an lower floors are below ground level to ower floors are below ground level to prevent the buildings from dwarfing Radcliffe's older, smaller dorms...
...second reasons for focusing on local issues is that it provides the best chance for successful student activism. Success is what will prevent the new activist from becoming a pure radical. For if it is possible to effect basic change in the University, the society can't be all that bad. Success would provide some hope and some rationale for staying within society, and working for change through the established channels...