Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Unable were the Christian authorities recently to prevent the escape from British-mandated Palestine to French-mandated Syria of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, spiritual leader of 800,000 Arabs. Last week they got back at him by seizing the Moslem Religious Funds (the chief Moslem charitable and religious organization in Palestine), hitherto under the Grand Mufti's control. This organization has been carrying on charitable work to the value of $1,000,000 per year. When the Christians placed these funds under the direction of a board consisting of two Christians and one Mohammedan, all Islam felt...
...Atlantic City at a missions meeting of the United Lutheran Church it was revealed that, out of 5,786 United Lutheran congregations in the U. S. and Canada, 50 wished more able ministers, could not find them. The United Lutheran missions board, to prevent such want in the future, adopted an "interneship" plan for seminary graduates. Outstanding candidates for the Lutheran ministry (from eleven seminaries), will serve four months as assistants in successful Lutheran city churches, four months in successful mission churches, four months in unsuccessful mission churches, emerging with a year's experience in about all the problems...
Though a shudder ran through the whole air transport business, public confidence was apparently not seriously shaken. Last week's bookings were reported normal. Meanwhile airlines increased their already enormous precautions to prevent a recurrence of last winter's disasters. Schedules were slowed up, deicers fitted, cruising range extended, U.A.L. quickly raised the instrument flying altitude over the mountainous stretch of the "worst U. S. airplane accident'' from...
...there is still another angle. When paying customers not connected with the university are subjected to possible bodily injury, gate receipts can be expected to be materially lowered. This alone should certainly cause the H. A. A. to have its ushers and other employees prevent such an occurence. Truman P. Kohman...
...capital gains at high bracket income tax rates can be changed to a low rate flat tax with positive gain in revenue to the Treasury. The rule regarding trading by insiders can be modified so as to restore protective action by insiders on breaks, and still prevent unfair use of inside information. The margin requirements can be made a flexible instrument of control, rising promptly on stockmarket booms and dropping promptly on breaks. The great range of uncertainty regarding what is allowable in the activity of specialists and other dealers can be greatly reduced by prompt and clear definitions...