Word: preventing
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More philosophically, Church is somewhat of a fatalist. He contends that the U.S. must face up to the fact that it has limited power to prevent changes in Iran or elsewhere. "This is a volatile world," he says. "The thing we must learn is that the U.S. can live with a great deal of change and upheaval. But the one thing we can't do is to stabilize it. There...
Hoping to prevent the Pretoria government from profiting by the U.S.'s gold fever, Congress last year passed a law requiring the Treasury to begin selling its own one-ounce and half-ounce gold pieces next spring. The coins, with profiles of Louis Armstrong and Mark Twain, will not be legal tender in the U.S., and will presumably be no easier to swap for real money than the Krugerrand...
Bird may be weak on defense and a bit slow afoot, but neither shortcoming should prevent him from getting a lucrative contract in pro basketball. The Boston Celtics drafted Bird last year as a junior and have until June 24 to sign him. The team has gone out of its way to acquire Jeff Judkins and Rick Robey, both friends of Bird's, an obvious effort to feather a nest for him in Boston. Says Celtic Player-Coach Dave Cowens: "He's unselfish, he can pass, and he doesn't mind mixing it up underneath...
Victor P. Filippini '80, a former member of the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) who assisted in drawing up the legislation, noted that the whole dispute is probably academic, because limited faculty resources prevent the ideal goal from ever becoming reality...
...money is necessary to prevent cuts in the number of teachers and in funds for elderly centers, youth programs, and other projects, Vellucci said. "The working class of Cambridge feels the University is doing them in, "Vellucci said...