Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most of us, the pain didn't last too long--at least not long enough to prevent us from celebrating Saturday night. Perhaps we have alcohol to thank for the quick dissipation of our pain. Or perhaps we could simply be thankful that the score had been as close as it had. Even those fans who had not read a word about the team all year could tell that this year's team didn't match the professionalism of earlier squads. They may have statistically outperformed the Elis, but we just didn't make the plays we needed...
...regardless of whether doctors prefer to perform abortions, a procedural knowledge should be part of any doctor's repertoire. After all, as older doctors explain in the article, safe abortions can prevent women from taking desperate measures, such as illegal and dangerous abortions. Knowledge of life-saving techniques is a doctor's job. Though each doctor will personally decide what to specialize in and whether to perform abortions, it should be expected that in a pinch they can perform most common surgical procedures...
Authorities have only themselves to blame for that transformation. Determined to prevent any disruption of the parliamentary session, military brass turned Jakarta into an armed camp. Troops blocked off key intersections as well as the Parliament building--ground zero for the protests that helped topple Suharto in May. Warships and even a submarine prowled inexplicably in the harbor. More ominously, an additional 125,000 civilian "volunteers"--thugs hired mostly from Indonesia's fiery Muslim youth groups--fanned out across the city to intimidate the opposition...
...felony disenfranchisement laws at all? One possible reason is that disenfranchisement is a form of retribution: By violating the laws of the land, criminals are deprived of the right to make them. But as a punishment, disenfranchisement is both ineffective and gratuitously cruel. Unlike jail time, it does not prevent the offender from committing additional crimes, nor does it have much deterrent effect. Permanent disenfranchisement does not even serve the Old Testament call for an-eye-for-an-eye retribution; a system in which the murderer suffers the same penalty as the shoplifter cannot be just. If used...
...succeeds as a speaker. Richard Meier managed to keep a packed auditorium of impatient, trendsetting, party hoppers thoroughly entertained for more than an hour. He kept me, with my coat and scarf still on and my bag still around my neck, squeezed between people who were tall enough to prevent my view both of Richard Meier and his slides, happily standing...