Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...black majority government in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia could not be called "either fair or free," largely because they were held under a constitution that reserves a disproportionate share of power for the white minority. Carter thus had a moral reason when he decided not to lift the economic sanctions that prevent the U.S. from buying Rhodesian chrome. Politically, moreover, the maintaining of sanctions puts the U.S. on the side of black Africa, and, as a bonus, scores points with American blacks who feel that Carter has been ignoring them. The President's judgment on that score was confirmed only...
...more he heard, the angrier waxed California Congressman John Burton, chairman of a House subcommittee on transportation. The result was a hot clash on an urgent question that demands cold analysis if it is to be resolved: Has the FAA done all that it can and should do to prevent another DC-10 air disaster...
...bill passes, it would prevent University conversion of property for classroom or office use. The legislation might postpone development of 7 Summer Rd.. slated to become office space for the Graduate School of Design...
...Doctors and tub manufacturers recommend only 102° to 104° F (39° to 40° C), and even these temperatures should not be endured for more than 20 minutes at a time. As a precaution some tubs are equipped with thermostats that prevent temperatures from exceeding 110° F (43° C). For good reason: higher temperatures and longer immersions can bring on heatstroke, as the body vainly tries to maintain the normal internal temperature...
...death at the age of 33. Would he have completed his conquest of Asia Minor and founded a more durable empire? There are historians who theorize that if Napoleon had not been suffering from hemorrhoids and insomnia at Waterloo, he would have had the presence of mind to prevent Field Marshal Blücher's retreating Prussians from joining forces with the Duke of Wellington's English army. Napoleon might then have won the battle and changed the course of the 19th century...