Word: preventing
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ARIZONA. Partly to prevent a Proposition 13-style proposal from getting onto the November ballot, the Arizona legislature has called for a special session to overhaul its state tax structure. Contends State Representative
...Democratic Incumbent Dick Clark, 48. Jepsen, who billed himself as "the right Republican," will have a tough time against Clark, who claims to have visited 1,100 Iowa communities during his first term. Jerry Fitzgerald, 37, Democratic leader of the state house, earned the tough job of trying to prevent Republican Bob Ray, 49, from winning a fifth term as Governor. Concedes Fitzgerald: "He's very popular...
...fall into a shady area. Except for crimes against human life, such as murder, acts considered to be politically motivated are not extraditable offenses. That leaves Bonn in a quandary. Turning over political prisoners would be improper. But not turning over prisoners that Belgrade wants could delay or possibly prevent the return of the R. A.F. four...
What troubles newsmen is that, in practice, police can often find a judge willing to issue a search warrant, with slight justification. And search warrants do not prevent investigators from poring over all sorts of things while looking for the specific evidence they are seeking. Journalists are afraid this could have a chilling effect on sources, who might choose to remain silent for fear that their names would be found on a stray scrap of paper during a search. Edward W. Barrett, publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review, envisions a distressing scenario: "A newspaper in Blankville, Tenn., starts an expose...
Rosovsky answers some Core critics, who contend that the program will give rise to a number of large, superficial lecture courses, by pointing out that the Core guidelines should prevent an uncontrolled proliferation of "weak" courses. "It's really clear what we want the courses to accomplish," he says, adding that the questions of size and superficiality are separate issues. "You can design larger courses to be as good as smaller courses," he notes, pointing to Ec 10 as the model of a course that, despite its size, still maintains a detailed approach to a complex subject...