Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Relieved from congressional back-biting, the executive branch could use military power in accordance with the demands of the situation, rather than with the demands of certain senators and representatives. And Congress could fill a gap in our foreign policy-making that over the long run would prevent crises in Panama and El Salvador from arising in the first place. When America moves in the international arena, unity must prevail so that our determination and purpose will not be questioned by our adversaries or by those we try to help...
...when Thailand is completely closing its borders to an overflow of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees, the U.S. has decided to reduce their legal numbers by 6000 per year. This will make room for the potential influx of Jews and Armenians from the Soviet Union. Possibly the only way to prevent Thailand from turning back the Indo-chinese escapees is for the U.S. to guarantee the refugees additional space, allowing Thailand to harbor them temporarily. Yet our reaction is the exact opposite...
...over the country's repression of religious freedoms. To make their point, 10,000 Roman Catholics gathered at St. Vitus' Cathedral in Prague's Hradcany district for a special Mass celebrated by Primate Franticek Cardinal Tomacek, 88. Police did not interfere, but they had previously arrested 13 dissidents to prevent their participation...
Mercifully, various copyright laws and actors' objections restrict Prascak's creativity. This is why I wasn't greeted at my table by a styrofoam penis, and why the actors didn't strap on plastic penises before the performance. These restrictions weren't enough, however, to prevent the teasers from aggressively advertising the f-word or the fliers presenting a drawing of two men charging at each other with ridiculously oversized guess-whats. I should have known what I was in for when I saw the flier with Prascak's name given the same billing as Mamet...
Carlucci hopes his meeting with Yazov will lead to guidelines to prevent such dangerous incidents...