Word: prevent
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Over the years it has gradually become the mark of the philistine to search for the meaning of a Pinter play. Presumably one may compound the charge of philistinism by suggesting that No Man's Land is substantially meaningless. This does not prevent it from being eruptively funny, elegiacally melancholy and wonderfully literate...
...alarming--as Brown-Beasley himself has noted--that these procedures--which provide Harvard such amazing latitude--are essentially part of the University's affirmative action plan. What besides the cumbersome appeal procedure is to prevent a racist or sexist supervisor, for example, from using the escape clause to justify abrogation of "progressive" discipline...
Kenneth R. Andrews, master of Leverett House, disagreed with Epps, saying I.D. rules are difficult to enforce and do not prevent disturbances...
Alberta Arthurs, dean of undergraduate affairs, said the Houses can do nothing to prevent disturbances at dances but use "common sense...
...women failed to manage a second-half rally as they struggled to prevent a shutout. Although they were unsuccessful, the women did limit their opponents to only one more goal...