Word: preventing
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...Islamic populations of Azerbaijan, Turkmen and other republics on the Soviet Union's southern tier. More than half of the estimated 11 million people in China's huge western province of Xinjiang (Sinkiang) are Muslim; a heavy propaganda campaign against the "opiate of the masses" has failed to prevent the faithful from performing their daily rituals of prayer in private, away from the watchful eyes of Communist cadres. On the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in Gaza, and even among Israel's own Muslim citizens, there has been an upsurge in attendance at mosques and a renewed interest in Islam...
...prevent handing what he sees as an unearned bonanza to the oil companies, Carter called on Congress to enact a "windfall profits tax." It would skim off about half the $13 billion or so of extra revenue that oil firms stand to get as the price of domestic crude oil, which now averages $9.45 per bbl., rises to the world level. At the moment, that figure is $14.55 for OPEC oil, but Ecuador is now charging a premium price of $20.60 per bbl., and other producers are also levying surcharges on the basic OPEC price. Under Carter's plan...
Hugh Carella, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Older People, said yesterday, "We fight like hell to prevent our people from paying for this disaster...
Silber wrote Arthur G.B. Metcalf, chairman of the board of trustess: "I thought that press handling has been pretty good thus far and, fortunately, there is enough significant news elsewhere to prevent major space...
Sealise substituted liberally during the second half but could not prevent his regulars from beeting up their point totals...