Word: preventing
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...Vice Chair William P. Moynahan '99, who is also a Crimson executive, presented a second proposal, under which the committee would elect a new class of members each November instead of each February. The intent of the proposal was to elect SAC members later in their Harvard careers and prevent attrition by upperclass students...
...time Chief Justice William Rehnquist administers the oath given to Senators before an impeachment trial, G.O.P. conservatives may have torpedoed Lott's plan. But as the majority leader is quick to point out, in the absence of an agreed-upon schedule, there is nothing to prevent a coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans from putting together the simple majority of 51 votes needed to short-circuit a trial altogether and move immediately toward censure. His plan, Lott argues, at least gives House prosecutors a chance to make the case for conviction and then allows Senators to vote on whether...
...religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me to do so. And if I seek to acquire these weapons, I am carrying out a duty. It would be a sin for Muslims not to try to possess the weapons that would prevent the infidels from inflicting harm on Muslims...
Defense was a deciding factor during Harvard's three-game winning streak. The Crimson has been alternating between man-to-man and a 1-3-1 zone (with the 5'11 Hill playing on the baseline looking to double-team bigger players and strip the ball) to prevent the opposition from getting into an offensive rhythm...
...story sets Picard and the crew of the Enterprise against the grotesque Son'a, a race so ravaged by the effects of age that they must undergo frequent face-lift procedures in order to prevent their skin from sagging off their faces. The Son'a have developed technology to harvest the metaphasic radiation which permeates the Ba'ku planet; this radiation acts as a fountain of youth, giving eternal life to the Ba'ku. Unfortunately, the Son'a's plan to harvest the radiation for their own use will instantaneously destroy the planet...