Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...held courageously to the proposition that for France, survival lies in loyal alliance with the U.S. At the Berlin Conference, with a divided government and country behind him, he spoke out firmly and unequivocally. "He is a realist who will not let the dream of the best prevent him from grasping the good," said one who considers himself a friend. "The core of Bidault is rigidly moral and deeply religious." On such a man last week fell the bitter task of laying before the Communists France's terms of retreat in Indo-China...
...House floor last week, Manhattan's Congressman Frederic Rene Coudert Jr. offered an amendment to the Defense Appropriation Bill. Its purpose, as Republican Coudert explained it, was "to prevent another Korea ... by any President who chooses ... to bypass the Congress in committing the people of the U.S. to great and bloody wars...
...tolerated," was establishing "a new colonial rule in Asia." Said Chou: "We also hold that interference in the internal affairs of the Asian nations should be stopped, all foreign military bases in Asia be removed, foreign armed forces stationed in Asian countries be withdrawn, the remilitarization of Japan be prevented, and all economic blockades be abolished." Later a spokesman embarrassed explained that Chou's "foreign troops" did not include Russian troops at China's Port Arthur, who were there to prevent Japan from committing "aggressive acts...
...even buying all it might under the control quota (limited to Russia's estimated civilian needs), and the new gesture would help Malaya's sagging rubber trade. Sale of rubber is still banned to Communist China, Hong Kong, Macao and Tibet. But there will be nothing to prevent Malayan rubber from finding its way from, say, Vladivostok via a Manchurian tire factory to a Chinese truck outside Dienbienphu...
...Russians also attempted to drag some British naval guns away from their position overlooking the road, Lord Raglan became worried, because captured guns were proof of victory. Quickly the order was scribbled: "Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front-follow the enemy and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns...