Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nearly 50 years Englishmen have been trying to found a National Theatre, while other Englishmen have been trying to prevent them. The British Government have tacitly been part of the Opposition, which argues that a subsidized theatre means bad plays. But a private committee headed by George Bernard Shaw has at last raised $750,000 and spent half of it buying a site in London's South Kensington, far from the theatre district. Last week, on the eve of Shakespeare's birthday (April 23), before a crowd of nearly 1,000, including U. S. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy...
...that the fence will shock livestock without injury. A survey Idaho took two years ago showed that the State's farmers are turning more & more to electric fences, are finding new uses for them. Among them: 1) to stop hogs from rooting under woven-wire fences; 2) to prevent animals from raiding chicken houses at night; 3) to keep cows in adjoining pastures from nosing each other, thus preventing the spread of Bang's disease...
...election officials. In this election Farouk controlled the police and officials. Smartly, he held elections in Upper & Lower Egypt on two different days so his police and troops could concentrate in one section at a time. Nahas Pasha followers were clamped in jail, their identity cards taken up to prevent their voting. A dozen persons were killed, scores injured in clashes. To the 264 seats, only twelve Wafdists and 84 Saadists were elected. His Majesty's Opposition are therefore not expected to give Farouk much trouble...
...detailed procedure of negotiating wages takes months & months. And even President Roosevelt admits the roads cannot wait long for financial aid. Said he fortnight ago in passing along the railroad problem to Congress: "Some immediate legislation is, 'I believe, necessary at this session, in order to prevent serious financial and operating difficulties between now and the convening of the next Congress...
While gathering data for his own biography of Mussolini, Dr. Megaro sent his notes out of Italy every two days written on tissue paper to prevent the letters from being bulky. "I was rather concerned for 15 hours or so after each mailing he said, "but after that it was all right...