D demise disparition, fin Ina a piece published in The Atlantic* in 2015, the president of Wesleyan University, Michael Roth, disputed claims by some educational observers that MOOCs** herald the imminent demise of higher education as we know it. * American monthly magazine ** Massive Open Online Course denial of due process déni de justice Commenting on the issue of security versus freedom in the United States, one political editor wrote in 2013 that the indefinite incarceration of prisoners in Guatanamo Bay without trial was a denial of due process. deny démentir The White House denied a press report in October 2014 that the president might use his executive power to close Guantanamo prison camp. designed conçu In early 2014, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, an $800 billion economic stimulus package designed to restore growth. deterrence dissuasion Commenting on France's tough policy on nonproliferation, exemplified in the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program in 2015, political analysts pointed out that nuclear deterrence had been central to France's foreign policy since De Gaulle's presidency. 43