Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Complaints from departments and graduate students of inconvenience prevent a new security program from being implemented at the Science Center...
...gauge how seriously people took the module," says first-year student Jillian K. Cowan. "I think it has become, sadly, a little bit of a joke. These things have to be taken seriously; but there are a lot of chip shots, and I don't know how to prevent that from happening...
...recent study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) indicated that an investment in prenatal care for those who cannot afford it would save hundreds of infant lives, prevent hundreds more from being born with low birthweight, and avoid thousands of dollars in neonatal care expenditures. Prenatal care pays for itself four times over...
B.A.S.S. adheres to a strong environmental program, which mandates the release of tournament bass. The company has imposed tight safeguards to prevent cheating: anglers are randomly paired before setting out, and their boats are inspected at dockside to thwart any attempt to sneak large pre- caught fish aboard...
...which blew up last December over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270. Britain's Ministry of Transport came under fire for having failed to respond soon enough to terrorist bomb threats against U.S. airliners. Last week West German officials were embarrassed by charges that Bonn may have fumbled a chance to prevent the bomb from being smuggled onto the plane...