Word: preventative
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...present rate of increase, it can be calculated that in 600 years the number of human beings on earth will be such that there will be only one square meter for each to live on. It goes without saying that this can never take place; something will happen to prevent...
...notes Indian Finance Minister Morarji Desai, "has always had the ability to produce more food than he needs." Lack of mineral resources, often cited as an insurmountable barrier to the industrialization of many Asian nations, did not prevent the industrialization of Japan. Modernization is an intricate process, involving a balance between agricultural, technological and industrial growth. But given intelligent economic and political management and injections of Western aid, most-though not all-Asian, African and Latin American nations ought to be able to turn the trick...
...above their knees; their transparent blouses are pulled low. Occasionally a girl will indolently stretch out her leg, or touch her hair with a slow, formalized gesture. By law, Dutch prostitutes are forbidden to ply their trade on the streets, but there is nothing the police can do to prevent a woman's sitting at her window in De Walletjes...
...important as bedtime itself, insists Hellbrügge, father of six, is suitable preparation. Warns he: "An artificially early bedtime may cause childish frustrations and encourage masturbation habits." To prevent children from being overstimulated when they go to bed, Hellbrügge recommends playing Bach or Haydn records instead of popular tunes, reading aloud instead of watching television. Said he to aroused parents: "My recommendations stem solely from my concern about the frustrations which arise when children are sent to bed before their bodies are ready for sleep. The time gained should be carefully utilized by parents. If the time...
...third time in the past two decades. Before the court was a package of four related test-case suits, brought by Dr. C. Lee Buxton, chairman of the Yale Medical School's obstetrics and gynecology department, and three patients who had medical reasons for wanting to prevent conception. Plaintiff Buxton claimed a right, as a physician, to "practice his profession free from unreasonable restraint." The three patients claimed a right to the benefit of a physician's advice in dealing with a "dangerous threat to their health and happiness...