Word: prevented
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...dictate this editorial to the computer, I am reminded that there are many ways for students to help prevent RSI. An administrator in the disabilities office reminds students to "listen to your body." Students need to respond to the early, painful sensations in their hands by resting from activity, rather than pushing ahead and causing permanent damage. Use the phone to contact friends rather than e-mail. In addition, UHS recommends students correct their posture, since hunching over can precipitate a repetitive strain injury. Finally, students should pay attention to the ergonomics of their desk environments, adjusting computer keyboards...
However, there are also many ways that Harvard can help prevent RSI and aid those who already have it to recover...
...have learned from my own experience how to work more carefully and safely. Unfortunately, this message came a bit too late. For most of you, simply revising your study habits slightly--making time for breaks and designing your workspace with care--will prevent RSI. Harvard can educate us further about these dangers and use the House and tutor system systematically to reinforce this message...
...central argument of this book is that liberalism and conservatism are framing political issues as a series of false choices. Wracked by contradiction and responsive mainly to the needs of their constituencies, liberalism and conservatism prevent the nation from settling the questions that most trouble it," he writes...
...skittish computer malfunctions aboard a manned space station, putting a bid to retrieve a U.S. astronaut in jeopardy. Mir's main computer may not be a HAL 9000, but it has spent the last three days succesfully resisting all puny human attempts to restart it. The malfunctioning mainframe may prevent space shuttle Discovery from picking up the Australian-born Andrew Thomas this Friday, since NASA flight regs prohibit docking without an operational steering system on the other end. Now shuttle managers are meeting to decide whether to abandon Tuesday's launch altogether...