Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...events like the World Series -- though whether it could successfully take such events away from "free TV" is doubtful. "It will snow in July before you see the World Series or the Super Bowl on cable," says Herbert Granath, president of ABC's cable division. "Congress would intervene to prevent that...
...cable TV in recent months, no new regulatory laws appear imminent. But even in the free market, cable is facing competitive threats. The burgeoning videocassette market is challenging cable for viewers. Local telephone companies yearn for a piece of the action; they are fighting to remove restrictions that prevent them from entering the cable business. As cable booms, the biggest threat to programmers may come from the industry's expansion. With channels and programs proliferating, the multitude of choices will make it harder for any but the best programmers to attract a big enough audience to prosper. Ted Turner...
...Islamic militants would threaten Syria's long-standing goal of controlling Lebanon's territory and dominating its domestic politics. Considering Lebanon to be a kind of buffer zone safeguarding Syria's own security, Assad has some 25,000 Syrian troops deployed around the country, in part to prevent Hizballah and Iran from turning it into an Islamic republic...
...Panama, where the Canal Commission maintains 24-hour bee-control teams to stop stowaway killer bees, quarantine posts are being established on roads leading out of the southern Mexico defense area to prevent swarms from hitchhiking. Whole colonies have made their way to California on board freighters, but all the known stowaways have been destroyed...
Right now the migrating bees have begun to reach the Pacific Coast killing fields, where hives baited with pheromones, or sexual scents, await them. Once the insects are enticed inside, plastic bags will be pulled tight over the hives to suffocate them. To prevent the bees from taking over the working hives of the more docile European honeybee, all European queen bees in the area are being marked with a bright spot of acrylic paint. Their hives will be checked every month for the presence of Africanized queens...