Word: preventatively
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...newspaper man asks a question. Before he can move to prevent it, the government official [i. e. the President] begins a reply with the preface that this is 'off the record.' The White House definition of this phrase is that nothing the official says can be published in any way, with or without attribution. It cannot be hinted in the newspapers. It cannot be repeated to the correspondent's superiors. Depending upon the correspondent's interpretation of ethics, the information is thus sealed long or briefly...
...prevent ventricular fibrillation and sure death, Drs. Nahum and Hoff advise elimination of poisons, physical disturbances and excitements; use of barbiturates or other drugs which reduce the heart's activity; administration of oxygen. In extremity, a surgeon might cut the nerves which cause the adrenal glands to excrete their exciting adrenalin. But drugstores now carry acetylcholine, the vagus hormone, with which a desperate doctor can often quiet ventricular fibrillation, set the heart pulsating smoothly again...
...taken. The result was 26,589-to-815 in favor of liquidating the business of the company, distributing its assets among the stockholders. No one moved or spoke when the announcement was made. Then President Lennihan rose to assure those present that the directors would do their best to prevent a hasty sale of the plant, would try to dispose of it as a unit. That night nearly one-fifth of the people of Southbridge crawled into bed with nothing to look forward to but the dole...
...sent City Censor Herbert L. McNary to New York to see Within the Gates.* Censor McNary returned with so unfavorable a report on Within the Gates's indecencies that Mayor Mansfield last week not only forbade the performance of the drama but declared he would take steps to prevent the sale of the play in book form. "Nothing but a dirty book full of commonplace smut," cried...
...imposing strict regulations as to hours and material to be covered will make of the Tutorial Conference a routine appointment. A careful reading of Dean Murdock's Report gives a distinct impression that the fundamental issue is being confused. Granted the reality of the pitfalls he is seeking to prevent--the point is not so much that the evils are inherent in the System as that they are developing through the weakness of a few individuals. Time and again systems far loss significant than the tutorial have been harmed in their development because the long range goal has been lost...