At one point Democratic state senators even fled Wisconsin in an attempt to prevent the measure from passing, escaping the reach of Mr Walker's state troopers.

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Congress has yet to enact its yearly stopgap measure to prevent the AMT from applying to more taxpayers, known as the patch.

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The first is known as data execution prevention, or DEP, a measure designed to prevent hackers from hijacking programs by sneaking their own commands into what is meant to be harmless content like pictures or text.

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Whether we act in time to prevent the worst from happening will be the final measure of America's leadership in the world for years to come.

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Apple later fired back in a statement Thursday, asserting that passage of the proposed shareholder measure wouldn't prevent Apple from issuing preferred stock in the future.

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The Senate passed a measure Wednesday that would prevent the detainees from being transferred to the United States.

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The proponents of initiatives are therefore comforted by the news that, this week, Arizonans also passed a measure that will prevent both legislature and governor from countermanding future referendums.

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House Republicans are expected to pass a measure this week that would prevent the NLRB from conducting business until the Senate confirms new members constituting a quorum or the U.S. Supreme Court decides the board has the authority to act.

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The purpose of the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act is to prevent school employees from engaging in improper sexual conduct with students, but the ban on website communication is a broad measure that extends far beyond this purpose.

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