Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Admiral, which he is, the Chief of Naval Operations replied frankly: "I can only answer that by saying that in the event of an attack being made on the United States coast on the Atlantic side the fleet could be brought to the Atlantic Ocean in sufficient time to prevent any real success on the part of an enemy. . . ." Admiral Leahy backed the President's program to the hilt, and incidentally added a new reason of his own for a Big Navy-"Possible exploitation or seizure of the Republics of Central and South America." But he knew as well...
...members of the American Birth Control League who met in Manhattan last week for their annual convention were disappointed because "probably not more than 200,000 married women" patronize those clinics, although 50% to 75% of the married couples in the U. S. want to space or prevent the birth of children...
...sausages taken from their North Dakota home contained embryos of the lint-like worms, one-eighth of an inch long, which cause this widespread (17,000,-ooo estimated U. S. victims), occasionally painful and exhausting, although seldom fatal disease. Cooking the sausages well would kill the embryos and prevent infection. But Mrs. Hoerner and neighbors who came in to help her as the family's epidemic spread, were in a hurry...
...culmination of a drive initiated soon after last year's Carnival by complaints against "visiting firemen," last night's action by the senior student governing board explained that it had become "necessary for the College to prevent overcrowding of fraternity dances and to fix the responsibility for invited guests...
...strong instinct of the Dartmouth student body to be cordial and welcome alumni and friends to full participation in Carnival festivities has made it necessary for the College to prevent the overcrowding of fraternity dances and to fix the responsibility for invited guests by requiring that admission be restricted to those extended formal invitation by the fraternity through its officers...