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Word: prevent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chickens can't fly well anyway, so why not get rid of their wings and replace them with meatier, tastier legs? That's not really why a group of scientists is tinkering with chicken limbs -- the real answer is that their experiments may eventually help prevent human limb deformities. And yet the successful research raises a possibility - monstrous to some, perhaps - tempting to others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chickens Getting Their Wings Clipped | 3/12/1999 | See Source »

...babies/Harvard students wanted to teach the administration a lesson when it introduced a new regulation in 1790 calling for an annual public examination of the students. Students, who were decidedly ticked off by the situation, planned a way to get back at the people behind the exam and prevent it from happening...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, | Title: I'm Gonna Git YOU Sukka: Classic Stories of Revenge at Harvard | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...babies/Harvard students wanted to teach the administration a lesson when it introduced a new regulation in 1790 calling for an annual public examination of the students. Students, who were decidedly ticked off by the situation, planned a way to get back at the people behind the exam and prevent it from happening...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, | Title: i'm gonna git YOU sukka! | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...managed to open the door to her suite, butdid not shut it in time to prevent Douglas fromfollowing her inside...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Records Show No Consent in Douglas Case | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

After students from a similar law clinic at Tulane Law School in New Orleans went to court to prevent a factory being moved into a low-income area, business interests successfully lobbied for more restrictions on student law groups...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS Center Watches La. Court Case | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

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