Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From a political standpoint the farmers' tariff argument is more of a threat than an actual proposal. The Administration does not want the tariff question opened, and by control of Congress it can probably prevent a new tariff bill. But the Administration cannot prevent the farmers from opening anew the tariff fight-a fight in which the Democrats are eager to take part...
...aluminum case has muddy potentialities which may overcast the Republican record. A corporation in which both Secretary Melion and his brother are shareholders has violated the law; the Department of Justice, responsible to a Republican Administration, has been so slow in collecting information that the Statute of Limitations may prevent the bringing of a charge...
...This means curtailed production for the time being. The unfortunate fact is that apparently the only way to curtail production is to make it unprofitable. Allow the farmer to make money on his produce by Government price fixing and he will naturally (unless some direct effort is made to prevent him) increase his production. This would only make the problem of the surplus worse and worse. This is the reason why Secretary Hoover has led the Administration to oppose price fixing as unsound...
...rests the body of Agnes Devereaux, saintly lady. The village priest tells Toinette that Agnes Devereaux has made her the especial object of her benevolence, and Toinette is about to soften into sullen goodness when Michel enters. This brutal lover suggests stealing the cross from dead Agnes' breast. To prevent such blasphemy, Toinette rings the convent bell. Michel stops her and she cries out, "I'm done for." Contrast this with the ending of Il Pagliacci, "La comedia è finita...
...every big organization, no matter how efficient, there are sure to be a few lamentable muddle-heads. But most organizations, particularly newspaper organizations, provide a system of checking which will prevent the stupidities of their dullards from appearing in print. Not so the New York Times. For although critics agree that the Times is the greatest newspaper in the world, its readers have twice within the last month been offended by bungling worthy of the yellowest provincial newssheet. The first occasion was when the Times reprinted as a quotation from a college daily part of an item that had been...