Word: preventing
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Exultation was not shared, however, by the legions of other Central American refugees the Administration refuses to welcome. Democratic Congressman John Joseph Moakley of Massachusetts, sponsor of legislation to prevent the deportation of Salvadorans and Nicaraguans, accused the Administration of "playing politics with people's lives" in helping Nicaraguans (reflecting U.S. aversion to the Sandinista regime) while ignoring ; Salvadorans (to avoid suggesting that they might have reason to flee from a government the U.S. supports). Said Moakley: "If El Salvador were under Communist leadership, they'd have the welcome wagons out waiting...
Though they differ on many matters concerning the Middle East, the U.S. and the Soviet Union agree on some things. Among them: the need to prevent a radical change in the regional balance of power that would follow an Iranian victory over Iraq, and the need to prevent a war between Syria and Israel. Both fear that such a war could spin out of control, engulfing not only the protagonists but also their superpower protectors. If the Soviets are able to persuade the world community that its presence in the region can help forestall that calamity, the U.S. will have...
...killed, and North suffered knee and back injuries so severe that his doctor initially thought he might never walk again. After three months in the hospital, North returned to Philmont, missing the rest of his first year at the academy. His greatest fear was that his injuries would prevent him from winning a Marine commission. At home, he devised his own peculiar rehabilitation program: he made jump after jump off the six-foot-high roof of the family garage to strengthen his damaged legs. No pain, no gain...
However much the Undergraduate Council mocks the meanings of the words, students government, its failure to truly represent its constituency should not prevent students from participating in Harvard government. If the University is to be true to the democratic values it defends in Washington and in society, then students must be granted a voice in Harvard's decisions. As an important segment of the University community, students ought to have some means of influencing important decisions other than blocking 350th anniversary dinners...
...accommodationists, the interpretations since 1947 have been based on a skewed reading of history. The late Justice Potter Stewart, for example, contended that in 1789-91 Congress and those states that ratified the Bill of Rights intended merely to prevent the establishment of a single national religion and keep the Federal Government from interfering with the established churches in various states. Accommodationists delight in noting that Jefferson allowed the Bible and a hymnal to be used to teach reading when he headed the District of Columbia school board, and that he signed a treaty in which the U.S. Government paid...