Word: preventive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unprecedented accessinto the Woody/Soon-Yi relationship, which provesto be both nervily discomfiting and prosaicallynormal. Soon-Yi herself, whose first line in thefilm is "Yeah," comes across as a profoundlyhesitant and unformed personality, with littlefaith in her own convictions or conversation.Nevertheless, she earnestly tries to support andencourage Woody, and to prevent his anxieties fromcompromising his friendships, as when she stressesthe importance of praising his bandmates...
...most likely scenario, legally and politically, is the one that Starr was busy downplaying last week: that he will summon Lewinsky to testify and grant her limited immunity on the spot, which would prevent him from using her testimony against her but still allow him to prosecute her on the basis of other evidence. While her lawyers say flatly she will not testify without immunity, and have been holding out for much more sweeping protection, in practice it may not make much difference. It is extremely hard to prosecute someone who testifies under any kind of immunity grant, and Starr...
...activists on both sides are working to find a new accommodation between the communities, most Israelis expect relations to deteriorate further. A survey showed that 47% think the situation could lead to civil war. Haim Miller, the haredi deputy mayor of Jerusalem, believes the answer is segregation. "To prevent this conflict, the only way really at this point is some sort of separation," he says. "It's sad, but it's sadder yet if two Jewish people come to blows...
...Gulf War is especially fascinating. Here is the anti-presidency brought to logical extreme: a direct collision, over the most serious issue (imminent war) between the former President and the sitting President. As Brinkley writes, "Carter was prepared to do just about anything to prevent a Middle East war, even if it meant working against his own government." Carter, close friend of Yasser Arafat (and, at one point, his virtual speechwriter) and hero in the Arab world, wrote letters to the heads of state of the members of the U.N. Security Council, and later to the Arab heads of state...
...core-pornography store in Cincinnati, Ohio [LAW, April 20]. I mean, we have nudity everywhere possible. It is practically a requirement for making a successful movie. Billboards everywhere show partial nudity. Nowadays nothing is considered obscene. People should worry less about pornography stores and start concentrating on how to prevent things like the shootings in Jonesboro, Ark. DHVANI DESAI North Brunswick...