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Word: preventing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trying to prevent delinquency before it occurs," Detective Ed Loder, who acts as the Cambridge Police Liaison with NYPUM, says. Loder explained that each boy or girl (girls comprise one-quarter of the program) is given two hours' riding time each week, and a two-hour a week group meeting. During the summer and school vacations, the young people make a field trip to Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, where they can experience trail riding...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Substituting minibikes for hot cars | 3/3/1977 | See Source »

...subsidies that agri-business has received, industry growers have never bothered to establish one clinic, serve, or educational program for any of the 250,000 farmworkers that harvest California's $1 billion worth of crops each year. But huge sums have been spent on lawyers and advertising to prevent union elections and to stall contract negotiations...

Author: By Susan Redlich, | Title: La Lucha Continua | 3/1/1977 | See Source »

Relations between the U.S. and Viet Nam have been virtually frozen since South Viet Nam fell to the North in April 1975. In the United Nations, the U.S. cast five vetoes to prevent Viet Nam from being admitted to membership. Washington also demanded a "full accounting" of American M.I.A.s-the 728 servicemen and 25 civilians still listed as missing in action-before any other issues between the two countries are discussed. For its part, Hanoi has taken the position that any accounting must be a part of an overall settlement that would also include some American gestures of conciliation. Hanoi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIET NAM: Extending a Hand to Hanoi | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

Designated E-4A, the $117 million Doomsday jet is a 231-ft.-long, 425-ton behemoth - the heaviest flying machine anywhere. It is a converted Boeing 747 that bulges and bristles with a mind-stunning array of electronic gadgetry designed to defend the plane and prevent interference with communications. It is also loaded with an equally dazzling array of high-and low-frequency communications devices. Capable of staying aloft for 72 hours, the plane can roam at low or very high altitudes, up to more than 45,000 ft. To keep in touch with U.S. submarines, the craft can unreel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Trial Run for Doomsday | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

John A. Downer '79 said yesterday continued price hikes could prevent students from applying here, creating a less heterogenous student body...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: Students Respond to Tuition Increase | 2/18/1977 | See Source »

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