Word: preventive
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...eight officers of the Pudding are "seriously considering expelling" members who apparently knew of the prank beforehand and didn't act to prevent it.CrimsonWilliam B. DecherdSPIKED PUNCH: ELIZABETH H. WINTHROP '01 (left), DANIEL J. RHODES '01 (center), and ANDREW J. KIN '01 read a sign posted on the door of the Hasty Pudding Club announcing the cancellation of last night's punch party...
McElroy said she expects MIT to take measures to prevent incidents like this from happening again...
...purpose of our review process is to identify whether we were able to prevent any of this from happening in the past, or whether we can do something now for the future," he said...
...hallways (yes) and bathroom (no), massive construction on campus to transform the underground steam tunnels into escape routes (no), that she chose Stanford to be with some mystery frat-boy boyfriend (no), that Secret Service men live in the rooms around and above and below her to prevent people from drilling into her room and poisoning her, Mission: Impossible-style (no), and that she has a computer chip implanted in her neck to track her. (And this where 50% of students had a 4.0 in high school.) There was endless speculation, and at least one betting pool, about where...
...life chances to be determined by a test tube of blood. According to this reasoning, the only issue for public policy is what to do about it. Forbid or discourage genetic tests? Strict rules about what they may or may not be used for? We can't yet prevent Alzheimer's, but we can at least try to prevent discrimination against folks just because they have an increased probability of getting Alzheimer...