Word: thwarting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Already feeling the government's hands around their throat, tobacco-industry leaders took immediate steps to thwart Clinton's plan. The five largest cigarette manufacturers filed a lawsuit claiming that the FDA has no jurisdiction over cigarettes and that the advertising restrictions violate their First Amendment rights. But Clinton has tried to entice the tobacco companies into backing a law that would directly impose the restrictions he seeks. California Democrat Henry Waxman, the leading antismoking figure in the House, predicts that the new Republican majority might pass these reforms rather than let their nemesis, the FDA, regulate the industry...
Most suggested that empowerment and awareness are the best ways to thwart violence against women. A few expressed their anger at the current situation facing women. One speaker drew scattered applause when he said that violence was not just a women's problem, but a problem for all people...
Color them scared, but not frozen. Each of the three top candidates is maneuvering to thwart Wilson's prospects. Lamar Alexander, who fears that Wilson could usurp his anti-Washington, outsider mantle, reminds anyone who'll listen that Wilson pledged to finish his full term as California's Governor, "and should do just that." Phil Gramm's aides point to inconsistencies in Wilson's record--"opportunistic wafflings," says Gramm strategist Charles Black. Wilson advisers deflect such shots with blithe confidence. "Big deal," says pollster Dick Dresner. "Clinton swore he'd serve his term [as Arkansas' Governor...
Such speculation is difficult if not impossible to thwart because of the sheer size of the world's foreign-exchange markets, which trade more than $1 trillion in currencies daily. Arrayed against that ocean of funds, the Federal Reserve and other central banks have only limited resources for use in any single intervention. Small wonder that when 18 governments pumped $5 billion into the markets to support the dollar two weeks ago, the effort had little impact. "The central banks are powerless against the currency-market forces," asserts Gernot Nerb, director of research at the IFO Institute for Economic Research...
Before leaving the store the suspect also ripped the phone from the wall to thwart anyone who might attempt to call for aid, police said...