Word: thwarting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From then on, Yeltsin never wavered. At 12:30 p.m. Monday he clambered atop an armored truck outside the White House to announce the decree assuming command. He denounced the coup as illegal and unconstitutional and called for a general strike to thwart it. In retrospect, that was the first and perhaps the biggest turning point. Yeltsin had made it obvious that the coup would face determined resistance; his appearance helped inspire protest demonstrations throughout the country. At the time, however, its significance was not entirely apparent. No more than about 200 Muscovites had gathered outside the Russian republic building...
...hoodlums who insult their fellow students and college administrators who promulgate censorious "rules of conduct" to prevent their students from giving offense to this or that ethnic group, sexual preference, or body type. Their "rights" give their claims -- whatever they may be -- an absolute air, and any attempt to thwart their claims turns them into victims...
Third World dictatorships had their First or Second World patrons to help maintain borders and thwart secession. Only as long as the Kremlin armed Ethiopia was Mengistu Haile Mariam able to cling to Eritrea and his own position in Addis Ababa...
...disc- manufacturing plants around the world, vs. millions of cassette-dubbing machines. But that advantage may prove fleeting because an array of new formats is poised to enter the market: digital audiotapes, digital compact cassettes and even recordable mini discs. While those formats are likely to contain devices to thwart mass copying, musicians may find that the only way to beat the bootleggers is to drown them out with legitimate material...
...rats" as they are called -- are hazed unmercifully, forced to live under Spartan conditions and confronted with demeaning physical demands. Kiser observed that the "rat line" creates a "bonding to their fellow sufferers and former tormentors." Any changes made in the rat line to accommodate women, he said, would thwart the college's mission...