Word: preventing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...racial impact of such disenfranchisement is startling. If current trends continue, the report predicts, "the rate of disenfranchisement for black men could reach 40 percent in the states that disenfranchise ex-offenders." Even temporary disenfranchisement can have a significant effect: Thirteen other states currently prevent more than a tenth of their black male population from voting...
...picture of a New York City brought to its knees by an unstoppable terrorist campaign. FBI anti-terrorist agent Anthony "Hub" Hubbard (Washington) must track down the terrorist cells with the aid of the questionably motivated CIA operative Elise Kraft (Bening). But the FBI investigation is unable to prevent the escalation of violence, so the President invokes the War Powers Act and imposes martial law upon New York, under General William Devereaux (Willis...
Anwar: Definitely not. This is nothing but vile character assassination to prevent me from becoming PM. I've produced evidence to prove a high-level conspiracy against me. The allegations include all forms of sexual misconduct, corruption, treason, complicity in a murder and other heinous crimes. Ultimately I will be vindicated. Insya Allah [God willing...
...only thing certain about Gingrich's successor is that he will strike a lower profile while he wrestles the same alligators. The problem for the party is that the very traditions and mechanisms of the House may prevent the Republicans from finding the leader they desperately need. No member of Congress with the experience, the stature or the chits to be a plausible candidate for Speaker resembles the kind of Republican leader that last week the voters signaled they liked. "We still need to prove that we can be conservative without being mean," said a G.O.P. moderate Senator. In Washington...
...What was Goldberg's motivation for getting involved with Tripp in the first place? The longtime Clinton basher claims her aim was purely to prevent the Pentagon worker from being "destroyed," and that the rumors of a book deal are just that. "If there had been a book," she said, "you'd very likely be standing there with it in your hands." Clearly, Goldberg is in need of an image overhaul; little details such as her habit of calling followers "my pretties" and her raucous celebration with son Jonah on the night the Lewinsky story broke have made...