Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...floor in some of the policy debates," admitted one State Department insider. 'Some people have been accused of virtual insubordination." The department and the White House were at odds over the issue, and the Administration imposed a virtual gag on Government Iran specialists in an effort to prevent them from talking to the press. In fact, there have been so many mistakes in U.S. policy that almost anyone involved in the subject in at least three previous Administrations probably deserves a bit of blame. The badly weakened CIA, which had only a handful of operatives in Tehran who spoke...
Just as University lawyers were wrapping up their appeal of a ruling by the state Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) that would prevent Harvard from building its long-planned, and hard-fought-for Medical Area power plant, King appointed one of the plant's chief stumbling-blocks as the department's new commissioner...
...library have succeeded in reducing its usage, diminishing its value as an educational tool. More importantly, the symbolic Engelhard-Kennedy contradiction breeds skepticism among students for the perspective the School and its teachings bring to public affairs. In the future, the name of the public affairs library may prevent high quality students from applying for or accepting admission to the Kennedy School of Government. Donors may shun the School which honors apartheid in the name of its library, or may not want their name in the same building as Engelhard's. And if the Kennedy School of Government downplays...
...problem is not that the IRE reporters failed to try hard enough, nor that the concept of team investigation was somehow ineffective or sloppy. Rather, the problem is that the forces that led to Don Bolles's death in the first place continue to prevent necessary reforms in Arizona. The state's natives knew what to expect from the beginning. "These Easterners," exclaimed one Arizonan with exasperation, "they all come out here and flap their wings and think everything is going to change overnight. Well, it hasn't. They pack their bags and leave, and everything stays just the same...
Sordid past notwithstanding, the AAU's recent actions were marked by what seemed like a concerted effort to prevent the story from getting out. The convention at which the suspensions were levied ended on Dec. 3, 1978, and no announcement was made. On December 9, the New York Times broke the news of the suspensions and included speculation concerning the identities of the athletes. On December 11th, the AAU released an official statement confirming the Times story, in which it claimed that the news of the suspensions had not been made public in order to allow time for each...