Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always struck me as incredible that anyone could expect others to suffer and possibly die for him without doing what he could to prevent it, even if it meant exchanging places with them. Former Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi is a case in point...
...rulings that triggered such growth were three 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decisions holding new discretionary capital punishment statutes-in Georgia and in two other states-to be constitutional because they provided adequate guidelines to prevent arbitrariness. At that point, almost a decade had elapsed since a convict had been put to death. Since then, three have been executed, two of whom refused to cooperate in lawyers' efforts on their behalf. As appeals for others run their course, there could be more executions...
...stomach and was running a fever. At Carter's request, Drs. Benjamin Kean and Hibbard Williams, who had treated the Shah in New York City, flew to Lackland to examine him. They prescribed undisclosed therapy for his enlarged spleen but concluded there was no medical problem that would prevent his traveling to Panama...
Lord Soames will do his best to prevent that gloomy scenario from unfolding. But in the end, he can do no more than set the electoral process in motion under the fairest possible conditions and hope for the best. Once Britain's short-lived raj is over, the people of an independent Zimbabwe will be in control of their own destiny. That in itself is no small accomplishment...
...color of his windbreaker. He approached the representatives of ABC, CBS and NBC in Tehran with a tantalizing prospect: an interview with one of the hostages at the U.S. embassy. But there were catches. The networks would have to submit their questions in advance, broadcast the program live (to prevent any editing) in prime time, and allow Iranian students to make statements and ask questions of their...