Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...greater autonomy is gaining surprising strength. It is built upon both a Scottish sense of uniqueness and a fear that if affairs are left to drift, Scotland will be in deep trouble. Fishermen worry that with Britain's membership in the Common Market, they will be powerless to prevent incursions from European fleets. Residents of towns touched by the offshore oil boom are anxious about the soaring inflation brought on by, among other things, sudden prosperity, population growth and shortages of housing and services...
...danger of dying out as a race. Carcasses of their cattle, sheep, goats and camels litter the desert; the surviving animals are so scrawny that cows, once worth $60 in the marketplace, now go for $3. "Everywhere there are Danakil graves," cabled Griggs, "small mounds covered with rocks to prevent hungry hyenas from digging up and devouring the bodies. Some Danakil dead have been found with dirt in their stomachs, evidence that they have tried to lick the ground for moisture. Only the vultures...
...Vail, Colo., last week, Teddy Kennedy Jr., 12, was back on the slopes. Determined that the amputation of the boy's right leg last November would not prevent him from enjoying one of his favorite sports, Father Edward M. Kennedy fitted out Teddy with special equipment. Ski Instructor Blair Ammons taught him to schuss all over again, using poles fitted with small runners for great maneuverability and balance. Praising Teddy's spunk and skill, Ammons said, "Quite frankly, his one leg fatigues less easily than both of mine...
...created externally by bombardment of charged particles from the sun hitting the atmosphere-or it may be left over from an epoch when the spin was faster. The presence of an atmosphere is equally difficult to explain because the planet's gravity is too weak to prevent a gaseous envelope from escaping into space. But, says Project Scientist James A. Dunne, some gases could be continually trapped from the stream of solar particles or released from within the planet by the slow decay of radioactive elements...
...would be too massive a financial undertaking for Canada alone. But by hooking up with U.S. gas fields in Alaska, the Canadians can share the costs. The consortium has thoughtfully proposed that the 48-in.-wide pipe be buried, the surface above it revegetated, and the gas refrigerated to prevent melting the permafrost that it would traverse...