Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most mainland jurisdictions that have begun to recognize gay equality (usually through laws that prevent employers from firing people for being gay), the local gay community is open, savvy, well-organized. Moms and dads are told, employers are educated--gay becomes not such a foreign word. Not in Hawaii. Even Ben Cayetano, the state's Democratic Governor and a man who proudly calls himself liberal, told TIME that same-sex marriage shouldn't be legal for the same reason that "marrying your sister" isn't legal...
According to a police report, faulty shelving within the refrigerator caused the bottles to break. HMS will wait for the final report before proposing measures to prevent future chemical spills, Schaller said...
...truth is that the Huskies did nothing to prevent the Crimson from playing as it did against George Mason, Northeastern, Cornell or any other opponent--Harvard actually outshot UConn...
...affordable housing lobbyists also encouraged the passage of an ordinance that would prevent residents from being forced from apartments that are converted to condominiums...
...states have an obligation to prevent crimes against humanity," he said. "[But] dictators would find it uncomfortable to come to us, because we allow class actions suits...for individuals whose rights were violated...