Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scenes, aides worked hard to limit the President's exposure. Because of reports that hackers have broken into closed-circuit TV feeds, some members of Clinton's inner circle are pressing Kendall to ask Starr to have the grand jury come to the White House. They are trying to prevent the testimony from being videotaped because they are certain that the tape would leak. For now, the White House boasts that grand jurors will not be able to ask questions of Clinton. There is nothing, however, to prevent prosecutors at the courthouse from sending over questions to their colleagues sitting...
Chirac, though free of legal constraints that prevent U.S. Presidents from such actions, would not have made that decision alone. But he well knew that any attempt to capture the heavily guarded suspects could result in the killing of Mladic or Karadzic because of the heavy firepower that such an operation would entail...
Among patients who take steroids to manage asthma and other chronic conditions, half suffer bone fractures from osteoporosis. A report out last week shows that alendronate, used by postmenopausal women to raise bone density, can also prevent osteoporosis in patients taking steroids...
...baby sack," which leaves plenty of room for the child to move around without fear of sweltering or suffocating. That may be going a bit far, but there's no denying that taking a few simple steps so that your baby will breathe more easily in his sleep can prevent a terrible heartache later...
...recent years, studies have hinted that olive oil could prevent breast cancer. A new study measuring oleic acid--the oil's chief component--in women, rather than relying on their reports of what they ate, shows no protective effect from the acid. But the oil's cardiovascular benefits still make it a healthy choice...