Word: prevented
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...prevent further blasts, Com Electric shut off electricity to most of Cambridge, affecting 15 to 20 thousand customers. The company had restored power to all of Cambridge...
...N.Y.S.E. has adopted a flight of funny-named trading curbs: "collars" prevent certain computerized stock trading when the Dow is up or down 50 points in a day; the "sidecar" rule gives small orders priority when the market is moving briskly; and "circuit breakers" halt trading for 30 minutes when the Dow is down 350 points and for one hour when it is down 550 points. The curbs ensure that investors have time to think. But at the end of the day, if what they think is that they should sell, their brokers, the fund companies and the exchanges...
...WASHINGTON DIARY, July 7]. In this age of throwaway everything, even marriages have become disposable. Lenient attitudes toward divorce contribute to a devaluation of marriage. It is no longer the sacred union it was in the past. I agree that one important way to avoid a divorce is to prevent a bad marriage from taking place. I like the idea of counseling before a license is issued. If couples truly believe they will be married "till death do us part," they may be more careful about making a commitment. And once married, in a situation where...
...speculation that Defense Secretary William Cohen has decided to punish Air Force generals in connection with the Khobar Towers bombing. Fogleman, a highly decorated Vietnam War pilot and the 16th Air Force chief of staff, had said he would resign if Cohen held the generals accountable for failing to prevent the June 1996 terrorist blast which killed 19 U.S. airmen. Air Force officials said Fogleman's decision to resign was linked to the defense secretary's anticipated decision, which is expected later this week. Fogleman told his top staff he requested retirement for the good of the Air Force...
...interruption. In the wake of Friday's near-meltdown over the Jerusalem mayor's plans to allow a new settlement on disputed land, Benjamin Netanyahu's tough response put the talks back into motion. "The Prime Minister was very clear about saying said he would do his best to prevent the project," said TIME's Lisa Beyer in Jerusalem. "That really helped." TIME's Dean Fischer adds that the U.S. may have convinced the Israelis to commit to a freeze on settlements in exchange for the peace talks. "The U.S. has been very active behind the scenes from the very...