Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Paul S. Sarbanes, Graduate Secretary of Phillips Brooks House, indicated yesterday that he will work for a revision in the policies of the University Housing Registry to prevent listing of landlords who discriminate against minorities...
...orbit, the Navy's hard-luck Vanguard rocket belched flames and steam, rose three-quarters of an inch off its Cape Canaveral launching pad, then settled gently back into place. Because of a "random failure," the first-stage rocket engine had shut off automatically just in time to prevent Vanguard from toppling over and exploding, saving it to fly again another day. Vanguard's sorry record to date: seven tries, six failures...
...bond slide was small. It financed only about 3% of the $10.3 billion marketed by the Treasury at the peak of activity. Though Wall Streeters feel that Garvin was singled out among many Street houses that did the same thing, they expect the case to bring tighter regulations, thus prevent any recurrence of speculative dumping...
...assembled United Arab States Council: "We will not put down our arms until the occupation forces withdraw from Jordan, Lebanon, Aden, Oman, Algeria and the entire Arab world." In Damascus, the Nasser-controlled newspaper Al Nasr kept up the barrage of hate: "The U.A.R. will be unable to prevent the people of Jordan from battling the loss of their independence after years of martyrdom at the hands of a king who is a deviationist and a traitor and who submerged Jordan in a wave of terror...
...impressed by the Americans' voices and technique. The best voice in the group, many thought, belonged to Tacoma (Wash.) Baritone Roald Reitan, who sang briefly last year with the San Francisco Opera. Ohio-born Tenor Jean Deis, who was told when he was nine that scarlet fever would prevent him from ever speaking again, also got a generous round as Rodolfo. The most popular Americans were Texas Soprano Sara Rhodes Hageman, 25, whose Mimi Italians found "delicious," and Manhattan Showgirl-Soprano Marjorie Smith, who was in Most Happy Fella and is now being pursued by Italian film makers...