Word: preventing
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...main beneficiaries of the interest cut will be medium- and small-size businesses that typically borrow at or near the prime rate. (The nation's largest corporations are usually offered rates below prime to prevent them from turning to alternative financing sources, such as bonds and overseas capital markets.) The drop in the prime will also have an effect on consumer loans. Rates for 30-year fixed-rate home mortgages, for example, have already dropped below 10% in the Northeast for the first time since April. On the other hand, yields on passbook savings accounts, which have traditionally hovered...
...plant in the Ukraine. In the months since the Chernobyl blast sent clouds of radioactive debris into the air, 31 Soviet citizens have died and thousands of acres of prime land have been rendered useless. A major goal of the conference was to understand the accident well enough to prevent a recurrence...
...week, the Soviets stuck to the assertion in their written report that the accident could easily have been avoided. In a five-hour presentation, Legasov explained that the operators of the Chernobyl reactor, while testing a turbine generator, had systematically disconnected all safety systems. That left nothing to prevent the accident after a huge power surge shot through the facility, setting off explosions and fires. Said Legasov: "The defect of the system was that the designers did not foresee the awkward and silly actions by the operators...
Authorities blame a rash of fires this year on arson, severe summer drought and the seasonal mistral wind that has whipped flames across dry southern forests. After tour ing the area, Prime Minister Jacques Chirac proposed a two-year program to improve the region's ability to fight and prevent fires. But for much of the south, the proposal came too late...
Gurkha soldiers, renowned as some of the world's most valiant fighters, have been deployed in recent years to quell disorders arising from militant Sikh demands for an independent state. Today Sikh soldiers patrol Darjeeling to prevent further Gurkha agitation...