Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Administration forces. Army officers, too, are reported as generally opposed to the proposition. Apparently the decision was made and only details waited to be arranged. But Congress, on its reassembling, had not yet been heard from. If the transaction is made in cash it is improbable that Congress can prevent it, but if the sale is to involve credit there may be Congressional interference...
...stage the manoeuvres will begin. The Blue (American) fleet, which will be represented by the Pacific Fleet, will strive to cross through the Canal protected by the Blue army garrisons of the Canal Zone. The Black (enemy) fleet, which will be represented by the Atlantic Fleet, will try to prevent this operation...
...poll of the Senate indicates that there are 28 Senators who will certainly vote against the bill the second time, with a possibility that they will be joined by three others?making 31 votes. But 33 out of 96 votes are needed by the opponents of the bill to prevent its enactment. Will others change their minds...
...improved, system of drainage and a new roof covering on the squash courts are expected to prevent the flooding of the courts whenever a heavy snowfall occurs, followed by a thaw. In the past this condition has made several courts useless during a great part of the winter...
Representative A. Piatt Andrew, a Massachusetts Republican, questioned the statement of Secretary Mellon that a bonus would prevent reduction of taxation for many years. Mr. Andrew quoted the estimates of cost, prepared when the last bonus bill was before Congress, to show that the average cost for the first four years would be only $81,000,000 (TIME...