Word: thwarts
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...told his Cabinet how he plans to thwart the Americans. First, elections will be held in January only if the Israelis pull their troops out of all Palestinian towns--something that looks less likely with each new terror attack, like the Hebrew University bombing last week that killed seven. Second, rather than be relegated to a symbolic role, Arafat plans to step aside as President and run for the Prime Minister's job himself. He has suggested Haider Abdel Shafi, a respected Gazan, for the ceremonial presidency. Abdel Shafi was unavailable for comment, but aides close to Arafat...
...coca crop has grown fivefold in five years, to more than 400,000 acres, despite almost $1 billion in U.S. eradication funds. Authorities now say they will spray only "industrial-size" coca fields and not those of smaller farmers, who are, of course, the voters. If Morales can thwart the U.S. in Bolivia--South America's poorest nation but Washington's eradication showcase--it means the elimination effort has been a washout...
While my travel budget and my own physical limitations prevent me from saving the world myself, I can still visit the corners of the globe and thwart the many forms of evil I find there. And I can do it all in a quick thirty minutes, by living vicariously through the characters I watch: Aladdin, Hercules, and Kim Possible. Genius, your name is Disney...
...this end. Sadly, the time it will take to create a Homeland Security office gives terrorists a large window of opportunity. Critical tactics in fighting this new and different war will require the utilization of human-intelligence operatives whose primary duty will be to infiltrate terrorist organizations, compromise and thwart their plans and ultimately identify and eliminate the leaders. ARMOND SIMMONS Pell City...
Local residents deserve no less blame for the persistent bad blood as they continue to obstruct Harvard’s projects at every turn, even when the initiatives will cause little harm. In an effort to thwart Harvard’s planned art museum, the Riverside Study Committee recommended rezoning the Mahoney’s site with a prohibitively low height limit of 24 feet on any future construction. An art museum would not be as disruptive as Peabody Terrace, and Riverside residents would serve their own interests best by working with the University to modify existing proposals to address...