Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from the Harvard-Yale football game will be "promptly taken off the highway" was announced by G. A. Parker, Registrar of Motor Vehicles in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plans for the thorough policing of roads to the Stadium have been made in an effort to prevent accidents resulting from the heavy traffic...
...number of mechanical devices have been installed to make the library more efficient. In rooms containing rare books and fine bindings, the humidity and temperature will be controlled to prevent deterioration; in other portions of the building there will be forced ventilation. To expedite the delivery of books to readers, pneumatic tubes and conveyors have been installed...
This year the Harvard Athletic Association will take more care than ever before to prevent the misuse of tickets for the Yale game...
...purloining of the famous Yale antique had any conception of the really serious furore which the event is reported to have caused in New Haven. It is certainly to be hoped that those who consider themselves directly offended by the incident will preserve sufficient sense of humour to prevent any such consequences as are hinted at by the alarmists of the professional press...
...England, France, Germany, Italy and by banking interests in Japan and the United States. It is therefore apparent that central bank governors will guide the policies of the new institution. It is to be hoped that this factor will safeguard the interests of each of the nations concerned, will prevent the bank from becoming a political organization and will facilitate cooperation among the central banks...