Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...country we most hate in the region stands to gain the most from our decision to defend open navigation of the sea; Iran sends most of its exports out of the Gulf by sea, while Iraq transports its oil through overland pipelines. By keeping the waters open, we inadvertently prevent Iraqi attacks on Iranian ships...
...these criticisms are valid. Unfortunately some have chosen to view our difficulties in that region as evidence to bolster predictions of the decline of American power in the world. If we cannot even prevent Iranians armed with World War I vintage weapons from sinking ships, then what makes us think we can protect the entire free world virtually alone...
...more practical grounds, there are never enough proctors in a large hall to look at every student all the time--or even long enough to prevent him from looking around. If a student wanted to cheat, he could do it without any problem in most imaginable cases...
...match India, which exploded a "peaceful nuclear device" in 1974. Looming in the background is a 1985 law requiring a cutoff of U.S. aid to any country that tries to illegally acquire American technology or supplies for nuclear bomb making. With his plea to Zia, Armacost was hoping to prevent that cutoff from being applied automatically. The inspection request was specifically aimed at Pakistan's top-secret facility at Kahuta, where most nuclear research is believed to take place...
...young people into IV drug use in the first place," says Don Des Jarlais, of the New York State division of substance abuse services. Working with youths who are sniffing but not yet injecting heroin, Des Jarlais says, "We get them thinking about AIDS and what to do to prevent themselves from becoming exposed...