Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, said that the publication of the papers may have been a move instigated by senator Knowland and other rightwing leaders to prevent high level negotiations of the China problem by making all such negotiations appear disreputable...
...minute Princess Margaret got back from her tour, she made a beeline for one of the "green line" phones (which are equipped with "scramblers" to prevent interception) and called Group Captain Peter Townsend R.A.F. at the British embassy in Brussels. The romance still bloomed; she still wanted to marry...
...night as Ford leaves school he hears screams from the library, gets there just in time to prevent the rape of a woman teacher by one of the older students. Next day his class gives him the silent treatment. That night, dead beat, he drops in for a drink at a bar near the school, stays for one too many. On the way home he is ambushed in an alley by a gang of boys and badly beaten...
Space limitations regrettably prevent quoting in full his "Twelve Compliments That Will Bring You More Dinner Invitations" or the chapter "Art Becomes More Fascinating When You Know These Eight Famous Styles." Pretty risky to pass up his art quiz, however...
...study undoubtedly creates a certain amount of tension, but hardly more than thinking about pages and pages of unread assignments. In any case, doctors' warnings about heavy reading do not prevent students from filling their suitcases with assigned books or asking their roommates to make the trek to Stillman. The Infirmary staff certainly can prevent very sick patients from reading without turning down the valuable service offered by PBH and requested by most patients. Brooks House and Stillman should arrange at once to resume the daily trips...