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Word: preventing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first stormy test will be Congress's attempt to prevent Carter from stopping construction of 30 high-priced water projects. Carter has not decided whether to appeal over Congressmen's heads to their constituents. But, even if he loses this fight, he may still win political points with the public. Predicted a Republican Congressman: "In 1980, he will cite it as the first example of the frustration he faced trying to balance the budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Why Is Jimmy Smiling? Why Not? | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

...insulating program will heavily lean on industries and companies. Plants and office buildings will have to be weatherized to prevent energy loss. New federal building standards will be promulgated to force a switch from energy-squandering buildings that are cheaper to build but more expensive to operate because they must be air conditioned winter and summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICY: SUPERBRAIN'S SUPERPROBLEM | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

...McDonald's for medical care." However, if the plan reaches its expected enrollment for 1982, and if no competing plan has emerged in Boston, there will be good reason to worry. Someday HCHP's growth must stop, but an HCHP planning committee has reported that growth is needed to prevent the organization from "losing its vitality and sense of challenge." When growth stops, the idealists will move out and the bureaucrats will move...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Making It Better | 3/31/1977 | See Source »

...Jerrold Gibson '51, director of the Office of Fiscal Services who last year proposed that dining hall checkers use computerized card-readers to prevent illegal use of bursar's cards, said yesterday he had not heard of the decision to hold the audit...

Author: By Angela M. Belgrove, | Title: Food Services Examine Bursar's Cards to Catch Freeloaders Not on Board | 3/30/1977 | See Source »

Mansfield said the United States should maintain friendly ties with East Asia, lessen tensions in the area to prevent conflict, and prevent any one power from dominating East Asia...

Author: By Jaleh Poorooshasb, | Title: Mike Mansfield Suggests New East Asian Policies | 3/30/1977 | See Source »

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