Word: preventive
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...living human being, we can no longer be neutral on the abortion issue. Yet, as Kwan points out, many Americans are neutral on abortion, in that a large majority (69%) think that abortion is "the wrong thing to do," but that the government does not have "any business preventing a women from having an abortion." Kwan concludes that "Americans are reluctant to impose their morals on the great public." But we do this all the time--they're called laws. The logic here seems to say, 'don't like abortion? Then don't have one.' If we extend this line...
...raccoon was acting aggressive," said Baker. "He came out of the shrub and challenged me. I tried to prevent him entering the dorm and so I held out a trash barrel which he ran into...
...none of that sounds familiar to me," Jones told the paper. Ralph Langer, executive vice president and editor of The News, said the documents were real and were obtained legally. His decision to publish them late Friday on the newspaper's website (dallasnews.com) may have been an effort to prevent the defense from suppressing the documents. If the documents are real, the statements made by McVeigh could validate critical points in the prosecution's case and help prove him and Nichols guilty. In one revelation, McVeigh contradicted a witness claim that she knew the identity of the person who drove...
...conflict alive and the pressure on Israel. Calls continue in Israel for a troop withdrawal from the zone. But most in the Israeli government, and indeed in the United States', feel that Israel's troops are where they must be. "The purpose of the zone is actually not to prevent conflict," says Stewart, "but to prevent conflict from occurring on Israel soil." Pulling out now, he says, would only serve to move the 'front' south, to Israel's northern border. And the troop presence remains Israel's most valuable card in any negotiations with Syria. Until such talks get under...
...same time, because list-users sometimes want the option o displaying the names on an e-mail message, there is no mechanism which can entirely prevent such mistakes from recurring in the future Steen said...