Word: preventive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suspicions about the Chinese government, the aggressive fundraising tactics of some members of Clinton's re-election team were just plain irresponsible. Those solicitors who allegedly sought and accepted illegal donations should have known that laws prohibiting campaign contributions from foreign donors are in place to prevent foreign peoples and governments from influencing United States policy...
Unfortunately, the MBA candidates could not prevent the firm from closing later that year...
...Soviet bloc countries could afflict Western Europe and possibly the rest of the world if the plan is not vigorously applied there. The treatment strategy, known as DOTS -- Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course -- simply instructs medical workers, teachers and others to observe TB patients more closely in order to prevent them from terminating their treatment plans prematurely. WHO officials estimate that full adoption of DOTS could slash the number of TB cases in Eastern Europe by half over the next decade and save up to 10 million lives. Furthermore, the organization said most countries could adopt the method at little...
...publishing anti-North propaganda. But two years of flooding have wiped out harvests in many areas, producing a genuine food crisis. If Kim and the North Korean government did fear an invasion, it seems they have since changed their thinking. The government recently has asked for international aid to prevent a famine this summer. Either the North became convinced that the U.S. already was fully aware of the North Korean food crisis, or Kim concluded he had more to fear from the enemy within his own borders...
...pilot with 20 years of experience flying and restoring historic aircraft, will make 30 stops in 20 countries during her 2 1/2 month trip, including Egypt, Greece, Pakistan and Australia. While the plane's cabin will remain unpressurized without oxygen tanks, technology will provide a safety margin to help prevent a duplication of Earhart's failed 1937 journey. Flint will use global positioning satellite technology to pinpoint her location, VHF radio communications to expedite landings and take-offs and an in-cabin computer to communicate via e-mail with school children following her flight on the Internet. Other than...