Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President reiterated, obviously does not want a war that might mean the destruction of civilization, although it has the strength to wage and win one. But the real, the basic issue, is how best to prevent such a war. Said the President: No nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terror of war simply by refusing to defend its rights and live up to its responsibilities. And the U.S. cannot hope to escape war by running away from it, has no intention of surrendering to the Communists at Berlin or any place else. That said, President Eisenhower offered...
...strategy paid off. Alaska's victory softened almost all further opposition; even Sam Rayburn, long opposed to Hawaiian statehood, decided to go along. And even Virginia's stubborn Rules Committee Chairman Howard Smith had seen the handwriting on the bill, decided that he could not prevent its movement to the floor (TIME, March 16). Added to that was the momentum of the Senate's victory, planned by Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, who had even won over some Southern defectors (although not such diehards as Virginia's Harry Byrd, Mississippi's Jim Eastland, Arkansas' John...
...back rooms, allied resentment ran deep. If France could pull its ships out of NATO unilaterally, asked NATO officers, what was to prevent Bonn from one day deciding to deny NATO the twelve West German divisions that are the keystone of NATO ground strength? "The French aren't acting like allies," snapped one Western diplomat. "If everyone can come and go as he pleases, we don't have an alliance." Actually the French had previously pulled out pledged NATO divisions to fight in Algeria without a by-your-leave, and on other occasions-including the U.S. transfer...
Even if an "ideal" composition of the freshman class is decided on, Ford pointed out, a number of "hard realities over which we have no control" might prevent the execution of such plans...
Under the method first instigated, the proctor was stripped of all authority and left to act as a mechanical aid in conducting the exam. The system contrasted sharply with that still in effect at Harvard, where proctors prowl the aisles and peer over shoulders to prevent cheating. Another provision allowed the 'Cliffie to leave the examination room without a weary but determined proctor dogging her footsteps. Though girls were on their honor not to give or receive aid during the course of an exam, they were free to take both question sheet and blue book anywhere they pleased...