Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American Legion will appeal to University officials to put pressure on the United Nations Council to prevent the appearance of Own Lattimore here March...
...French can still win. The 250 U.S. officers and airmen in Indo-China will soon be reinforced by 150 more. Their job: to get the bogged-down French air force flying efficiently again. The next move may be a blockade of the Indo-Chinese coast (but not China) to prevent reinforcement by sea. This would require a naval carrier task force to move into the South China Sea. If these measures do not bring victory, the President may be asked to consider stronger measures...
California Democrats have elected only one governor in the 20th century. Last week, hoping to prevent Republicans from winning Democratic primaries under the state's cross-filing system, 1,500 Democratic delegates gathered in Fresno, endorsed...
...does not wish to draw parallels with the United States, whose "racial heterogeneity" and geographical situation make the problem of security considerably more complex. Britain has the undoubted security advantage of a closely knit country But besides this, certain safeguards of a customary nature have acted strongly to prevent the development of an inquisitorial type of investigation. There is, for example, the tradition that Parliamentary committees are appointed for only special, necessarily grave investigations. Shawcross believes that the British public would not tolerate an investigating committee with wide powers. Further, there is a Parliamentary tradition of not attacking a civil...
...Committee also recommended that a student's election of advanced courses be taken into consideration by the Committee on Scholarships. It is felt that a fear of low grades would prevent many scholarship holders from taking these courses, for they must maintain a certain average to keep their stipends...