Word: prevent
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...established by Christ as the single possessor of that complete truth. It is wrong, then, for the possessor of the truth, whether an individual or a group, to foster the promulgation of error, or to permit it, except for strong reasons, when it has the clear power to prevent it. Any non-Catholic religion, it argues, is error. Therefore a Catholic government of a predominantly Catholic country is morally bound to limit the freedom of such a religion...
...much to say that at the present time no acute infection occurring in a previously healthy individual will result in his death if he reaches a well-equipped hospital before irreparable damage has been done to his tissues." (The only common exceptions: yellow fever and smallpox, which vaccines can prevent...
...World War I, Corny naturally joined the Navy. He went to the first "90day wonder" class at Annapolis, served as forward turret officer on the armored cruiser Montana, later had a destroyer hitch, and ended his service in 1919 as a lieutenant j.g. But even naval duties did not prevent Corny Shields from doing some racing. In those days, each squadron had a sailboat or so for racing competition, and in the post-armistice winter of 1918-19, when Corny was stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, he skippered the winning 33-footer in a fleet competition...
...circumstances, the Government of the United States is not presently in a position to extend more aid to Iran or to purchase Iranian oil ... [I] hope that before it is too late the government of Iran will take such steps as are in its power to prevent a further deterioration of [its] situation...
Ambitious Patience. By "democratic centralism" within the Communist Party, Lenin had hoped-not very optimistically in his last days-to prevent a continuance of a personal dictatorship like his own. Rising to power by subterfuge and maneuver, Stalin destroyed every man of stature within his reach, at the same time paying vociferous lip service to "democratic centralism." Those he gathered around him, conditioning themselves to his homicidal suspicion, were small men, menials like Molotov, sycophants like Beria. Conscious of this, Stalin looked for successors among young party members, built them up to temporary power and fame, as often knocked them...