Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week the Anglo-American negotiators had traversed half the hard ground to a meeting of minds between Italy and Yugoslavia. Tito's representatives had now tentatively accepted the Anglo-American plan; the next step would be to take it up with Italy. The secrecy was designed to prevent either side from claiming prematurely it had got the best of the deal. The secrecy had been fairly well honored, except for two conspicuous leaks by Tito to newsmen...
...past year Lauro, whose shipping business puts him in intimate contact with many government officials, has favored lending the Monarchists' 39 parliamentary votes to the Christian Democrats on crucial issues, to prevent a collapse that might open the door to the Red Socialists and Communists. Covelli preferred to hold back and gamble that the Christian Democrats would be forced to solicit Monarchist support-for a heavy political price...
...police bill had already passed the lower house, and Yoshida had the votes to pass it in the upper house as well; but before that could happen, the lower house had to vote a two-day extension of the Diet session. To prevent this, a posse of Socialist members corralled Speaker Yasujiro Tsutsumi in a corner of the chamber, thus kept him from ascending to the chair. A beefy judo expert, Tsutsumi broke through the Socialist ranks and sought refuge in a caucus room...
Management's need for better stockholder relations is more than just the problem of keeping control. For one thing, confident, well-informed stockholders will hang on to their stock, thus prevent rapid and often damaging speculation. For another, stockholders now form industry's handiest market for 1) raising new capital, and 2) selling its products. Celanese Corp., which had trouble raising $40 million for expansion before it brought out a better stockholders' program in 1947, recently raised $200 million without difficulty, largely from its own stockholders...
...straggle of Indians pass through on their way from Washington. The sight made him resolve on the spot that "the history and customs of such a people, preserved by . . . illustrations, are themes worthy of the lifetime of one man, and nothing short of the loss of my life shall prevent me from visiting their country and of becoming their historian...