Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...invocation of national security or, alternatively, executive privilege. Whatever the merits of our involvement in Chile, it is clear that the American people were entirely excluded from any voice in making the decision, and as I read the Helms affair, it was the intent of Richard Nixon to prevent the Congress or the people from ever finding out the true nature of what was done...
...those other women" had descended on Houston to argue, lobby, demonstrate and compromise. They were responding to an unprecedented request by Congress to "identify barriers that prevent women from participating fully and equally in all aspects of national life" and recommend ways to eliminate them...
...experts battled to cap the wild well. A crane removing a ten-ton piece of wellhead plumbing was smashed like a Tinkertoy, when the gas jet tossed the load into the air. The crew succeeded in diverting the gas to an open pit, where they set it ablaze to prevent an accidental explosion. By the end of September, workers managed to pipe the gas through a purifying plant and into a pipeline, through which it flowed at an uncontrolled rate of 140 million cu. ft. per day. Says Chevron's Exploration Manager David Johnson: "If we had tried...
Never underestimate the strength of a community attempting to prevent a building from going up in their backyards. True to form, the residents of Observatory Hill this week, came up with yet another move to try and stop Radcliffe from building that athletic facility--a petition for a one-year building moratorium...
...knows if it will work. Harvard officials said yesterday their lawyers are trying to figure out whether a moratorium would legally prevent Radcliffe from building, since, under state law, academic institutions are exempt from any building restrictions...