Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coalitions necessary to preserve his legacy. Baker's goal of carving a niche for Reagan as a national political teacher during his final year requires that the President have a secure platform from which to lecture. Baker must show that his nonconfrontational approach can produce results that will prevent the White House from becoming nothing more than a stagnant pond for lame ducks...
...believes that the council will nonetheless be able to run a respectable contest. "We are going to have this election right in the belly of the beast," he says. Many Haitians, however, feel that Ambroise's optimism is misguided, and some have suggested boycotting the elections. To prevent that, several popular coalitions recommended a reform of the provisional regime, including the possible resignation of General Williams Regala, the least popular member of the three-man government...
Like others, the priest is not particularly hopeful about the election's outcome. The call for a substantial change in the provisional government has been stilled in the face of continuing U.S. support for the regime. Today, Aristide is advocating instead a "historic national unity" across class lines "to prevent Duvalierists and the Tonton Macoutes from taking power...
...HARD to believe that the average student pays almost $18,000 a year to have his right to accommodate guests restricted without having a say in the decision. Does Harvard have any real right to prevent students from housing guests in rooms rented for $300 a month? Would the Masters like it if the landlord of an apartment they rented stood outside their door and refused to let them bring in more than one guest...
Concerned about another walkout, a group of students has petitioned the administration to prevent another strike...