Word: preventive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...North where all of the major league teams were located. Pitchers threw inside to intimidate him; fans released black cats onto the field; opposing players repeatedly attempted to spike him, once causing a seven-inch gash on Robinson's leg. Moreover, countless teams tried organizing boycotts to prevent Robinson from playing on their fields...
According to Marco B. Simsons '97, the bill's sponsor, the various labor groups working on the nationwide effort to gain support for the petition are trying to prevent a boycott...
While some members expressed concern that the position stands to increase the council's liability, bill co-sponsor Catherine D. Rucker '99 assured the body that steps would be taken to prevent any mishaps...
...news was read at the annual meeting of the American Adoption Congress in Dallas this month, prompting a standing ovation. The congress is one of several groups seeking to overturn laws, currently in effect in most of Canada and the U.S., that protect the privacy of birth parents and prevent their children from contacting them without prior consent. In 1995 Tennessee opened its records on all adoptions before 1951, and six other states are discussing disclosure bills. An alliance including privacy advocates, adoption agencies and lawyers from Pat Robertson's organization opposes the change, arguing that many reunions are traumatic...
...crucial to provide both women and men with the resources and knowledge of how to deal with the effects of violent acts. It is not enough, however, to be educated only about the aftermath of violence. We must examine the causes and search for ways to prevent violence from happening in the first place. A speaker from a battered women's shelter told us on Wednesday that she would love to put herself out of a job by ending the need for services to help abused women. We echo her sentiments; we hope that people will leave Take Back...