Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...show how tough regulatory practices are. Both have some justification. Nuclear plants have had more than their share of operating mishaps, ranging from breaks in steam pipes to discoveries of defective welding and corrosion of reactor parts. But all the troubles were caught and fixed in time to prevent any accident involving radioactivity...
...world, was hit by soaring inflation (10.3% in 1973) that eroded real wages and led to wildcat strikes. The Gaullist candidate in the presidential elections will probably be blamed for the faltering economy, as well as a succession of untidy government scandals that the ailing Pompidou seemed unable to prevent: the illegal bugging of up to 5,000 private telephones, tax frauds and the peddling of government favors...
...zone defense is a technique many communities have employed to prevent group summer rentals as well as the sort of living arrangements Belle Terre feared. So when a dentist and his wife rented their house to six students-five men and one woman-the resulting legal fight wound up in the Supreme Court. There seven Justices rejected claims that the zoning infringed upon privacy, as well as on the right to travel, associate freely and pursue an unorthodox lifestyle...
Depleted capital and an unsuccessful fund raising campaign will prevent the Harvard-Radcliffe Afro-American Cultural Center (HRAACC) from resuming operations next fall, Executive Director Imani Kazana said yesterday...
...young earth probably under went a similar period of bombardment and volcanic eruptions. But about 4 billion years ago, the histories of the earth and moon veered sharply apart. While the weak lunar gravity could not prevent the volcanic gases from escaping into space, the more massive earth held on to its volcanic vapors; it also was better able to retain its internal heat. The atmosphere and seas were formed, creating conditions for the first stirrings of life. Eventually, winds, water and mountain-building eradicated or covered virtually all geological traces of the planet's violent beginnings. In contrast...