Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this had taken only 19 minutes, and as large and imposing Mr. Birkett, K.C. walked out of court with petite Mrs. Simpson on his arm, Ipswich police slammed and locked the doors after them, holding everyone else in court for five minutes to prevent the King's lady from being followed. Shut out were participants in the next case, but Mr. Justice Hawke let the police have their way, accepting the explanation of a counsel, "There is some trouble, My Lord...
...London's International Inventors' Exhibition were shoes with collapsible 18-inch stilts folding into the soles, for short persons who wish to see over the heads of a crowd at a parade; a breakfast eggcup adjustable for large or small eggs; an electrically lighted dog harness to prevent dogs from being struck by automobiles at night...
Last week a company called Parabond Corp. of America, in Cambridge, Mass., disclosed its novel solution, which has been adopted by Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts. Parabond is a rubber latex compound poured into the expansion joints, where it jells. To prevent the usual separation from the concrete, it has a strong adhesive mixture. To prevent bulging, it is thickly interlarded with puffed wheat. The porous globules of puffed wheat constitute bubbles in the mixture, permitting the latex to give without forming a ridge across the highway...
Coach Dick Harlow announced last night that open practice before the Virginia game would have to be called off this afternoon. Don Daughters, Chief Boston, Joe Nee Cliff Wilson, and a couple of others have an hour exam at 3 o'clock which will prevent the A team from holding any effective workout until after 4 o'clock...
...latest reports neither Statesman Hull nor Banker Morgan had attempted to influence any U. S. weekly periodical on Mrs. Simpson, but Reynolds had accurately reported what was in the minds of British bigwigs determined to prevent a marriage of the King and Mrs. Simpson. In this category last week were understood to be the Prime Minister and Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, the Duke of Portland, the Marquess of Salisbury, the Marquess of Londonderry and the Earl of Derby...