Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gamal Abdel Nasser for his "softness" and seek by their export of terror to take over his leadership, Syria has nonetheless been forced to cooperate with him. But even Egypt, long the revolutionary center of the Middle East, feels nervous about Damascus' rabid adventurism. In order to prevent a major war from growing out of Syria's madness, Nasser signed a mutual defense pact with Syria last November that demands consultation before any major attack on another country. The fact is that Syria's military is too weak to carry off a war on its own against...
...problem for the claimant who does not believe in a traditional God. Several Harvard CO's checked neither yes nor no and skipped to the next question. which mercifully allows a full exposition of an individual's beliefs with respect to a Supreme Being and the reasons which prevent him from participating in war. This is the approach which Seeger used. It will be upheld by appeal boards and in the courts, but most local boards, unaware of the Seeger decision, will deny CO status to anyone who does not check yes to God. Consequently, draft counselors advise...
...favorite question asked by draft boards on the use of force is "What would you do if someone were raping your grandmother?" Almost any CO would agree to use force to prevent the crime. Then the draft board asks, "Are you just approving whatever use of force benefits you, and rejecting that which would inconvenience you?" The CO must be prepared to distinguish between the use of force to prevent rape and the use of force in war. He must state clearly why one use of force is acceptable to him while the other...
...Board of Regents probably exemplify the feelings of most Californians about the non-students. At their emergency meeting on December 5, the Regents announced that they "oppose the participation of outsiders who instigate and direct violations of university rules." They also directed the administration to take immediate action to prevent non-students' "interference with campus activities...
...their four second-period goals dwarfed Harvard's lone first-period tally and made the boys from Watson work to prevent their vacation from being a total loss...