Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...liberals or conservatives were in any mood for another knockdown brawl. And, at least at first glance, one seems unlikely. No one could find anything in either Kennedy's Norman Rockwell personal background or his twelve-year record on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Sacramento that would prevent him from being confirmed as the nation's 104th Supreme Court Justice, and potentially a long-serving one. At 51, Kennedy is young enough to be shaping court decisions well into the 21st century, long after some aging present Justices are gone...
While sparring with the union, Continental executives have launched an all- out campaign to win back customers. The airline has begun keeping on call at the Newark, Denver and Houston airports "hot spares" -- fueled-up planes with standby crews ready to step in if another jet develops difficulties that prevent its takeoff. The airline is spending $60 million this year on employee training. Customers receive cash rebates of $10 to $50 for filling out "report cards" grading the carrier's performance. Capping these efforts is an advertising blitz featuring full-page confessionals in major publications. "We grew so fast that...
...about the use of a substance that is not intrinsically immoral but that society wants to discourage because of its potential for harm? We have muddled through to a fairly good compromise: make the use illegal, but be extremely circumspect about enforcing the law. Illegality is important to prevent the predictably vast increase in use that would occur if you could get a pack of Acapulco Gold out of the machine that now gives you Kools. And non-prosecution is important because you don't persecute people for behavior that you find impossible to argue is morally wrong...
...that such a strategy offers a simple and painless cure for America's economic ills. On the contrary, the perils are enormous and the effectiveness is uncertain. The immediate challenge for the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury is to control the dollar's descent -- no easy feat -- and prevent a free fall, which would scare off foreign investors, drive up U.S. interest rates and perhaps cause another panic on Wall Street. But even a gradual decline of the dollar is no panacea. It will impose hardships on the U.S. economy that cannot be easily shrugged...
...Western as Bourguiba, Ben Ali may discover that his promise to restore political freedoms will be difficult to keep. His main challenge will be Islamic fundamentalism, the chief opposition movement in the country. Ben Ali displayed sound judgment when he reportedly intervened to prevent mass executions of the militants convicted in September. "He recognizes the danger of going too far," said one Western diplomat. An acknowledgment of limits will be an asset if Ben Ali is to succeed as the second President of the troubled North African nation...