Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think that the next issue will be how to prevent the President from nominating a Bork clone as the next nominee," Dershowitz said. "We want to pressure the President into seeking the advice of the Senate before making a nomination...
Instrumental in the success of the gulf strike were the efforts of Admiral William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Contending that it is far better to prevent minelaying than to hunt for explosives after they are planted, Crowe overrode interservice rivalries and dispatched a specially equipped and trained Army unit to join the gulf fleet. Three weeks ago he visited Rear Admiral Harold Bernsen, commander of the Middle East Force on the command ship U.S.S. La Salle off Bahrain. The two officers worked on the plans to track and catch Iranian vessels capable of laying mines. Crowe...
...would have been left without a cast," the director says, defending his action. However, the director that he stole the actor away from happened to be Erik J. Salovaara '88, the head of Common Casting. Thus, Salovaara learned of the practice and has now gone on a rampage to prevent any ambiguity about the rule...
Some members of the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatics Club (HRDC) say the rules should be changed or clarified to prevent a recurrence of the confusion this season. And others say that the rule should be scrapped altogether...
President Reagan this summer nominated the conservative jurist to replace retiring Justice Louis F. Powell, who had been the Court's swing vote in many key cases. Liberal organizations are working to prevent Bork's confirmation, charging he will circumvent crucial civil rights decisions and set back the clock of progress...