Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kinds of polio virus, it seemed, could be grown only in nerve tissues of living men or monkeys. And a vaccine prepared from such material would hold the frightful danger of causing an allergic inflammation of the brain, a malady even worse than the one it was designed to prevent...
...last unit goes into operation in 1956. In addition to its ultimate power capacity of 320,000 kw., enough to light a city of 500,000, Fort Randall may well serve an immediate purpose of another nature. By impounding high waters this spring, it will not only help prevent floods but also help keep the lower Missouri and Mississippi Rivers navigable this summer if the Southwest's drought continues...
During the Second World War, for the first time, the country learned that the medical system, always assumed exemplary, actually left one-half of the young men in the country unqualified for active military service. Economic barriers prevent much of the population from getting proper medical attention...
Frederick J. Stare '47, who reported the discovery yesterday to a science luncheon in Boston, said it also might be the first step in tailor-making a chemical to prevent and control some forms of cancer...
...Student Council last night acted to help prevent Senate passage of a bill that would reduce the University's foreign student enrollment by some 300 next year...