Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...happens every four years. Wars, depressions, heart attacks--none of these can prevent presidential elections from taking place. Present intense speculation about Eisenhower's future plans, the number of accusations and counter-accusations, the New Hampshire primary less than three weeks away--all these are reminders that this November about 60 million voters will go to the polls to elect a President of the United States...
Timothy J. McInerney, attorney for Puente, claimed several weeks ago, that Harvard had sold some of the tax consultant's information. He said that he would call for a restraining order to prevent the Law School from publishing any more of Dr. Puente's work...
...that puts the Schwalbians and the H.D.C. in the same camp, despite the emphasis of the one on economics and the other on aesthetics. Perhaps the virtues of both plans might be attained by combining them into one great interlocking directorate. This new institution, the Harvard Dramatic Organ, could prevent recalcitrant individualists from forming new "out-caste" groups, simply by scheduling some spectacle, say Aida, at the same time as the out-caste performance of Oedipus, which would not have the benefit of sets. With the new emphasis on harmony and unity, all kinds of wonders could be worked...
...also emphasized that the new training program would not prevent or restrict any freshmen from participating in productions of other dramatic groups, if they so desired...
...year. Desiring to take as many courses as possible in his field before the examination, a student of the Renaissance is dismayed to discover that courses in Renaissance art, history, and literature are all offered at the same time. At present, there is no central organization set up to prevent conflicts among courses dealing with one period or one country. As a result, course conflicts are not often perceived until the publication of the year's catalogue, and at this point any changes are more confusing than constructive. Sometimes the Committee on Educational Policy, the only central organ...