61.   In addition to drugs, travelers should take preventive measures such as using an insect repellant that contains the agent DEET.

62.   In cases for which preventive measures can be taken, genetic tests are potentially lifesaving.

63.   In Latin America, they argue, countries like Brazil have taken preventive measures, which have helped ward off the kinds of disasters that struck Asia and Russia.

64.   In other words, investing in small classes early can be a preventive measure against future academic failure and the need for remedial education.

65.   Indeed, some doctors prescribe birth control pills to high-risk patients as a preventive measure.

66.   Is it a preventive measure to protect the assailant against AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases?

67.   It is clear that no measures are being taken, preventive measures.

68.   It may be too late for this Christmas, but Tandy advises preventive measures next time.

69.   It would have established community-based programs to promote abstinence, the one preventive measure that representatives from both sides of the abortion issue could agree on.

70.   Less controversially, Annan extolled preventive measures to reduce the need for interventions.