Word: prompting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Jersey, in conjunction with several other coastal states, has submitted to the Federal Government a positive program calling for prompt exploration to determine the extent of recoverable oil and gas. To protect the public interest the exploration should be subject to thorough controls and be separated from the decision to extract the resources. Any development should be part of a national energy policy created in cooperation with the states and the people and should use methods least damaging to the environment. If the Supreme Court decides that the Federal Government is the proprietor of the offshore areas, then revenues derived...
With the recent brouhaha about what extreme circumstances might prompt U.S. intervention in the Middle East and the revelations about the nature of covert CIA meddling in Chile and elsewhere, the Senators might be forgiven for seeing spooks under every bed. Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey found the prospect "fraught with danger." Henry Jackson declared that the notion "completely baffled" him and demanded a Senate investigation...
...higher court will issue a ruling that defines abortion and the age of viability in such a manner that doctors, at least in Massachusetts, will not be afraid to perform the service which it is every woman's right to request and have. Or that this grim decision will prompt advocates of legalized abortion to protest and arrest what many doctors say is the recent progress of the right-to-life movement. For the past six weeks one doctor has borne the weight of that struggle in a Boston trial, but the February 15 decision against him should not keep...
Those who have already been immunized have a good chance of avoiding this year's ailment. Those who are afflicted are advised to seek prompt treatment, which includes bed rest and copious quantities of fluids...
...think you can mix them if you want prompt action...