Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simple fact that we have to share a planet, not with abstractions, but with fellow human beings, who have now learned the secret of destroying life itself on that planet. The real question, in fact, is not whether we can 'coexist' but whether we can prevent the unspeakable catastrophe of atomic war, and ultimately find ways not merely of coexisting, but of cooperating with the peoples of Russia and China without at the same time betraying our own principles, weakening our values, or sacrificing our security...
...time, he said, "our people were . . . closer to the goals of human welfare than any other civilization in all history"-thanks to a sound political and economic system, and to carefully fashioned, checks and balances to prevent political and economic tyranny. But "during the 20 years before this Administration," these checks and balances were upset by the expansion of federal power, both as a result of war and of "the various infections of socialism." One kind of balance was upset, for example, by "unrestrained presidential actions" that produced such highhanded executive agreements as Yalta and Teheran. "Our tacit alliance with...
...Goan cops locked up their guardhouse, slung their rifles on their shoulders and trudged along after the liberators. The dog followed. Soaked to the skin, the strange procession walked on through the deserted countryside (the Portuguese had evacuated people from villages near the border, to prevent demonstrations). The weary cops were lagging behind when suddenly the marchers dived off the road into the thick jungle. Baffled, the cops argued among themselves, and decided not to give chase...
...gathering much useful information for their side merely by legal, above-board snooping around the docks and airfields of the designated towns in South Korea. But when it comes to inspecting Communist installations north of the truce line, the N.N.S.C. always runs into roadblocks, and the Reds manage to prevent the neutrals from learning anything of importance...
...AGREEMENT to prevent wide price fluctuations has been signed by 20 nations, will go into effect this winter. Under the plan (opposed by the U.S., West Germany and Brazil), a world tin council will keep tin prices between 80? and $1.10 a lb. (current price, New York: 96?) by selling tin from a 25,000-ton buffer stock when it gets too high, buying when it gets...