Sentence examples for aimed at preempting from inspiring English sources

"I hope Secretary Clinton confirms for Mr. Zelaya that democracy and security are no less important for us than for the United States," Roberto Micheletti, the head of the de facto government, said in a televised statement aimed at preempting Mr. Zelaya's meeting with Mrs. Clinton.

There are many more, presumably aimed at preempting government intervention in senior management compensation and warning of the law of unintended consequences.

Since none of them advocates military action aimed at preempting the threat from North Korea, it appears they want Washington to just live with the fact that Kim will one day soon be able to kill millions of Americans.

President Bush would be on the right track with his policy of preemption if he were aiming at preempting crises, rather than at preempting military aggression.

On the contrary, Federal regulators preempted national lenders and their subsidiaries from state laws aimed at curtailing the worst practices.

"Rules aimed at destroying arbitration" or "demanding procedures incompatible with arbitration," they concede, "would be preempted by the FAA because they cannot sensibly be reconciled with Section 2". Brief for Respondents 32.

For two days before the putsch, RCTV preempted regular programming and ran wall-to-wall coverage of a general strike aimed at ousting Chavez.

Aimed at birth to 13kg.

He aimed at the fringes".

"Who is it aimed at?

Several specialized apps are aimed at renters.