Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...approval of the Greater Boston Lesbian and Gay Alliance--even though a lesbian was a third candidate in this race--for his consistent and early support of the Lesbian and Gay Rights bill. The bill, which seeks to prevent discrimination based on sexual preference and has been blocked by Senate President William Bulger, has proven to be a high priority of residents of this district...
...contract negotiations; the University has already dragged out past union election bids for as long as two years--decreasing awareness of the issues among staff and devaluing worker choice. So much for Bok's former support of unions' and workers' rights. Apparently, administrators sacrificed these ideals in order to prevent their underlings from gaining a measure of power...
...prevent distractions during the Olympics, the political parties have agreed to a temporary cease-fire. Once the Olympic flame is extinguished, however -- and with it the feeling of Olympic kinship that is bonding South Koreans together -- Roh will face a host of political problems. His most serious challenge: complete removal of the legacy of the Chun era. In the coming months, the National Assembly will be preoccupied with investigations of corruption under the Chun administration and of the circumstances surrounding the Kwangju massacre, an attack in 1980 by army troops in that southern city during which at least 198 people...
...married couples, the state refuses to make contraceptives available to single people. Many unmarried women are thus driven to seek dangerous back-alley abortions rather than risk the scandal that would arise from exposure of their illicit affairs if they chose legal channels. "If we teach them how to prevent pregnancies, maybe premarital sex will become even more common," frets Liu. Still, Dr. Wu labels Beijing's stand hypocritical, pointing out that government hospitals in the Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, have become profitable abortion mills by guaranteeing confidentiality to affluent women who cross the border into...
...Britain authorities decided to go ahead with this week's Farnborough air show despite calls for cancellation of the biennial display, one of the world's biggest. British officials said they were confident their safety rules would prevent an accident like the one at Ramstein. France too will proceed with scheduled shows because its rules, according to an air force statement, "are very rigorous." Spanish officials said they were "studying" whether to cancel a joint Spanish-American aerial display in Zaragoza next month, but it will probably...