Word: prevent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second, setting out procedure for elections in Algeria, won by an official tally of 267-200. It is designed to prevent the French from being swamped by the Arabic-speaking majority in Algeria through a system of proportional representation. The Arabic speaking people outnumber the French...
John M. Bullitt '43 said that the "whole relation of glass and brick in the house facade will prevent it from looking like a factory, and will blend in with the architecture of the existing houses with little difficulty...
...prospects for transfering are further dimmed by the University's policy of not giving scholarships to transfer students during their first year of residence. "I think this rule may have arisen quite a few years ago to prevent universities from buying athletes from each other," Monro says. In cases of substantial need, transfer students can be given scholarships after a successful first term of residence. The only exception to the no scholarship rule is that made for junior colleges don't feel that we're buying their students." explains Fred L. Glimp, Assistant Director of Admissions...
Andrew G. Haley, renowned American space expert, who shared the platform on the International Law Club's program, emphasized the fact that both our sociological and technical development must keep pace with the Russians to prevent "jeopardizing our own situation...
When Casement finally landed in Kerry on his ill-fated expedition, he seems to have been near despair, guessing that the scheduled Easter Rising was foredoomed to failure. He actually hoped to prevent it, but it was too late. Foiled and captured, he had only one role left: to die. He did that in style. During his trial. Casement's main preoccupation was the speech he would make from the dock. It came out very well, almost as well as that of Robert Emmet to whom the Irish in America had often compared...