Word: preventing
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...have "no problem" under his government, he insisted. But he offered virtually no hope for a conciliatory settlement with UNITA Leader Jonas Savimbi or the F.N.L.A.'s Holden Roberto. Said Neto: "We regret being forced by the treason perpetrated by [these] leaders to take steps in order to prevent new cases of slaughter, murder and unreasonable destruction of human life...
...South Africans, who have now withdrawn to a 1,000-mile-long strip stretching up to 35 miles deep inside Angola. British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan warned late last week that the world faces the prospect of a "terrible war in southern Africa" unless urgent action is taken to prevent it. The most acute danger, he indicated, would be "hot pursuit" by the Cubans into South West Africa, following a successful firefight with the South African troops in the border area...
...such social questions as how much risk the public is willing to accept from nuclear power plants, or how much jet aircraft noise it is willing to endure. These issues, Kantrowitz says, will always be determined on more personal or political grounds. But he believes such a court could prevent the misuse of science in deciding such issues. "Those voting on an issue will at least not be able to claim a scientific reason for their choice," he contends. "They'll have to explain it as a value judgment...
...countermeasures. All the embassy need do, he says, is use metal Venetian blinds, place a layer of wire mesh under its floors, and paper its walls with metal foil, which can then be covered with regular wallpaper. These precautions would not only block any incoming microwaves, but would also prevent bugs in inside walls from sending signals outside the building by microwave...
Yale certainly shaped up as a formidable foe. The Elis came into the match with a 4-0 Ivy record, with Harvard the only remaining team with a decent chance to prevent them from completing an undefeated romp to the league title...