Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...squad's lack of condition and the hindrance of having to practice in Briggs Cage will probably prevent the new brain staff from working the boys very hard until the time comes to move outside, probably the first day or so after vacation...
This clapper makes a very weak "ping" sound, and to add to the general disappointment resulting from the these of the deeper bass, no measures have been reported to prevent similar thefts happening again in the future...
There is a lot to be said for trust busting, for the breaking up of monopolies which interfere in the natural adjustments of a competitive system. There is a lot to be said for stringent laws to prevent banker or promoter exploitation of the investing public. But President Roosevelt does neither. His N.R.A. codes glorify and exaggerate the kinks of monopoly in price fixing and output restriction. And now his recommendation is to break up all holding companies in the one field in which monopoly is most inevitable. Secondly nothing is suggested to protect the exploited investors who have their...
...murderer whose picture is on all the front pages. The nightmare train of events into which this circumstance plunges Bookkeeper Jones starts when police arrest him, smilingly dismiss his apologetic explanations as the wily alibis of a desperate criminal. It continues when Jones, released with a safe-conduct to prevent his being arrested again, returns to his dingy room and finds Murderer Mannion waiting to steal the safe-conduct and use Jones as a decoy. It ends when Jones finally lives up to his brave exterior by helping to kill Mannion, collecting $25,000 reward, marrying the stenographer whom...
...certificates in 1888 were 33 acres of Texas land. Today there are 114 acres behind the same certificates, and the land is much more valuable. Theoretically the time will come when the last solitary certificate holder will own all the land that remains unsold. But one thing will probably prevent that: The trust provides that if 75% of the certificate holders approve, all the property may be liquidated forthwith, the proceeds divided evenly...