Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rising toll of accidents has seriously hurt the company's U.S. image: sales in 1986 fell almost 20% from the previous year, to 59,797 autos. To prevent more accidents, Audi will equip the recalled cars with a shift-lock device, which forces the driver to press the brake pedal while shifting out of park. But many Audi owners maintain that the shift lock will not solve the problem. They want the company to buy back the accident-plagued autos or make major changes in the car's design...
...surprise. Stars & Stripes crossed the starting line three seconds ahead of New Zealand and never relinquished the lead. On the 24.1-mile course's four windward legs, Conner refused to be drawn into Dickson's practiced tacking maneuvers, in which the lead boat covers the one behind, trying to prevent it from escaping the blockage of its breeze. In a blustery 26-knot wind, Stars & Stripes did not risk losing that contest and barreled straight ahead to win by 1:20. The second meeting was a replay of the first: Stars & Stripes blew ahead on a gusty breeze...
...OPEN LETTER to the Medical School faculty last week, Dean Daniel C. Tosteson expressed his concern about research fraud in the scientific community and called for suggestions on how to prevent it. In effect, he has tacked a suggestion box to the great marble pillars of Building A. We would drop by with the following note...
...rent board's approval is required to prevent landlords from destroying rent-controlled apartments in order to avoid the rent stabilizing laws. The building in question was rent-controlled...
Cynthia Peters of South End says the 350-page manuscript "blows away the myth that nuclear weapons prevent nuclear war. This book shows how since 1945, over and over again, policymakers have brought us to the brink of nuclear...