Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Specifically, University officials say they might submit to some type of boundary arrangement, which would prevent the University from buying land in certain parts of Allston-Brighton...
...tone down the ending of Do the Right Thing, his incendiary new film about race relations, so the 32-year-old director took his picture to Universal rather than subdue the race riot in his final scene. Fiercely independent, Lee writes, directs and produces his films to prevent others from "meddling." He doesn't have an agent, publicist or manager, but the trade-offs of independence are worth it. "What I get is peace of mind, sanity. I have control over my work. That outweighs everything else," he says. "So I don't get invited to Hollywood parties...
...five buildings seized yesterday in the city's Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods have an estimated total value of $1 million to $2 million. The court-approved seizures prevent the buildings from being sold or altered pending the outcome of confiscation proceedings in U.S. District Court...
Another smoking gun was found attached to the machine that decoded incoming State Department messages; a suspicious-looking wire led through the shielded side of the box that enclosed the equipment to prevent signals from escaping. "When they found it, the NSA technicians thought they had something really exciting," says a senior expert with a chuckle. It turned out that a communications officer had installed the device; it was a buzzer that alerted him whenever cables came in for processing. The rig was thoroughly tested by the NSA and found harmless...
Congress is putting pressure on the industry to prevent accidents and do a better job of mopping up slicks. -- The Time-Paramount battle heads for a showdown in a Delaware court. -- T. Boone's Tokyo campaign...