Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...placed on the manufacture of near-beer and other cereal beverages. The tax was written into the bill at the request of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lincoln C. Andrews, in order to enable him to have constant control and inspection of near-beer breweries to prevent them from selling high-power beer...
...have been citrus fruits, olive oil, wine, etc. Wine was struck off the list by prohibition. The citrus fruit export has been cut in half by the high tariff. What is more, remittances from Italian immigrants in the U. S. have been greatly reduced by the immigration restrictions which prevent Italy from exporting labor to us. Our debt commission cannot alter prohibition, tariff or immigration laws. The problem of transfer in Italy's case is knotty...
Publicity. A special arrangement was made in order to prevent such misunderstandings as took place when the French Debt Mission was here. The only information given out concerning actual developments was in the form of a joint bulletin issued by both commissions...
...from his seat. He read a unanimous resolution in which the League Council outlined its future action as follows: 1) A League Council Commission will proceed at once to fix responsibility for the outbreak, assess damages, see that all prisoners of war are released, and recommend steps calculated to prevent further trouble. 2) The Commission will be chairmaned by Sir Horace Rumbold, British Ambassador to Spain, and will consist of a French and an Italian officer and two civilians, respectively Dutch and Swedish. 3) It will have an allowance of 100,000 gold francs ($20,000) for expenses...
Last Saturday against Haverford, strong contender for the league championship, the Orange and Black tallied twice, but was unable to prevent Haverford from equalizing the score. Two extra periods were scoreless, and the game was declared a draw...