Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...result today has been all that Germany could have desired. In the eyes of the outside world she has managed to place herself in that invulnerable position, a virtually bankrupt debtor, while at home show has managed to appear sufficiently solvent to keep the mark at par and prevent another inflation. It mush be added that the threat of inflation is perhaps her strongest bargaining point, not only in U. S. but in Europe. Should inflation occur, even though moderately, Germany's adverse balance of trade might be changed overnight to a favorable one, mostly at the expense of France...
Yesterday morning unexpectedly it happened. Steadying his head to prevent its rolling heavily off onto the floor the Vagabond groaned from his couch, achieved the window, and peered querulously up into the April sky. The winey sunlight warmed his gouty limbs and made his head contract pleasantly. Suddenly the Vagabond turned and frowned at the disgusting clutter of his room. He saw the remnants of his Vintage 99 (99 cents), his pictures awry, his clothes in disarray. Winter and sottish hibernation. . . Turning again to the window and with a last fine whiff of April morning, the Vagabond strode with Merrimanly...
...than $1,800,000. As to their character, horsemen differ. Some of them are considered to inherit the cantankerous, gloomy disposition of their father while racing. Man o' War, still called "Big Red" by stable boys, was a glutton and had to wear a muzzle between meals to prevent him from swallowing stones, sticks, or bits of harness. Grown milder and 160 lb. heavier with age, he is now more tractable and far wiser. He drinks water from a golden cup which was one of his prizes. On his birthday last week, he behaved as usual-ate four quarts...
...Turkish authorities planned to accompany the Maiotis through Turkish waters to prevent his making a secret landing...
...information comes to me for the first time," declared Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain. "It should not prevent the house from carrying out the remaining stages of the discussion." Back in Manhattan after three weeks in London President Philip Albright Small Franklin announced that he had cabled his Lawyer in Britain to seek an injunction...