Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Portney, violins, played a Trio by Moskowski, a turn-of-the-century Polish composer. The threesome showed their justifiably condescending attitude toward this shallow piece by appearing in Harvard sweatshirts, matching musical kitsch with visual kitsch. Fortunately, they treated this bubble gum in a sufficiently good-humored way to prevent its sweetness from becoming sickening...
Nobody is smart enough to predict correctly all, or even most of the time, but it could be that a group of expert forecasters would give the capitalist economy valuable early warnings and prevent some unpleasant surprises. The deeper question is whether policy should be guided by the predictions of a national planning body or by the forecasts of tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and corporate managers in a free market. The planners, their supporters say, would consult with businessmen. Moreover they would merely aim to identify the industries that should expand fast in order to avert shortages, and determine...
...such rigidities. Among them: the Davis-Bacon Act, which compels contractors to pay inflationary wages on federally assisted construction projects; the Jones Act, which forbids shippers to use low-cost foreign vessels to move goods from one U.S. port to another; misnamed fair-trade laws that permit manufacturers to prevent retailers from cutting prices on brand-name products; agricultural "marketing orders" that restrict the supply of oranges, tomatoes and other products; and freight, regulations that force many trucks to return empty from long-distance trips, although they could carry cargo on the backhauls...
...country. During my stay in office, I would like to achieve the basic aspiration of all the Korean people: the peaceful unification of our fatherland. To achieve it, a durable peace must first be achieved on the Korean peninsula. Therefore my immediate duty as national leader is to prevent a recurrence of war and consolidate the foundation for peace...
...radio taxi by telephone or ask the hotel doorman to call a taxi while you remain in the hotel lobby ... Avoid public transportation. You should not ever ride the subway for any reason whatsoever." Calling the pamphlet a "new low in irresponsibility," Beame obtained a court order to prevent its distribution. New York's basic problem still remains: how to cut massive spending in the face of militant and powerful resistance...