Word: thwart
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...which looked supremely capable in speedily rounding up suspects in the World Trade Center bombing, may actually have bungled a chance to thwart the explosion, according to secretly taped conversations between informant Emad Salem and his FBI handlers. In the most startling passage, leaked to the press last week, an agent seemingly accepts Salem's claim that the bombing could have been averted through his undercover work, including a proposed ploy to substitute inert powder for explosives...
Fuller suggested that the shortage of affordable, available child care may thwart single parents' ability to move off welfare and into the work force, as President Clinton hopes they will...
Since the June elections, Nigerians have been unwilling to let a few strongmen thwart the wishes of the many. Citizens took to the streets last month in violent demonstrations that left more than 100 dead. That stirred fears -- crudely exploited by the government -- of massive unrest or even a return to the tribal war that killed an estimated 1 million Nigerians two decades ago. But leaders of the Campaign for Democracy, a human-rights group spearheading the antigovernment demonstrations, insist that this is not an ethnic conflict. This fight is between those who want to bring democracy to Africa...
...fracas not uncommon at this year's council meetings, the vote on the Powell letter was punctuated with political jockeying and posturing that led some council members to storm out of Sever Hall in an apparent attempt to thwart the formation of a quorum. Hanselman then conducted a roll call revote, but the tally fell short of quorum, essentially killing the letter...
Asked who ultimately would win the struggle, Yeltsin replied, "There will be no winners." It seemed likely that his parliamentary foes would continue to sit belligerently in the Russian White House thinking up new ways to thwart the President, while Yeltsin remained in the Kremlin, issuing orders that officials who really make or break reform often ignore. As long as these rivals remain at odds, the government and its reforms will be stalemated...