Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Such was the tumultuous prelude to House passage (250-to-92) of a stringent rule by which Speaker Rainey, Majority Leader Burns and Rules Chairman Bankhead can: 1) prevent any measure from being brought up which they do not desire; 2) prevent any amendment from being offered to bills before the House; 3) limit debate and force a vote on any measure within 40 minutes. Object: to finish the Administration's legislative program and adjourn by this week or next...
...Norris-LaGuardia act, passed in 1932 by Labor's friends in Congress, was primarily designed to prevent employers from obtaining injunctions against strikers on flimsy one-sided evidence. The Weirton case was the first famed use of the new law which, according to Judge Nields, could be worked backward against Labor just as well as forward against employers. Not since the courts turned the original meaning of the Clayton Act inside out had Labor suffered such a judicial reverse...
...From what we are able to learn of conditions in the trenches it is not possible to get medical assistance to anyone in time to prevent fatal results. It is necessary to immediately cauterize the wounds in the body or head or to amputate the limbs as there seems to be no antidote that will counteract the poison...
...various organizations, especially the International Labor Defense, the defense is badly in need of funds. The sentences have been appealed, and a new drive for funds is necessary. Contributions will be gratefully received, and may be addressed to the undersigned. Every dollar sent us will not only help prevent the railroading of the defendants to jail, but will also be a direct blow at Fascism...
...water under the bed to prevent night sweats...