Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...before Senator Barkley woke New York's Senator Wagner had the floor. Senator Wagner brought up the Wagner-Van Nuys Anti-Lynching Bill. Although Alben Barkley has cast a good Southern vote against anti-lynching bills in the past, he was caught in a legislative trap. To prevent a new filibuster from wrecking the closing hours of the session, he promised Senator Wagner if he would withdraw it for the time, that it would be considered, second only to the Farm Bill, next session...
...opinion which will probably be appealed, Judge Wham drew a line between the unquestioned right to strike and a conspiracy "to prevent production." Labor, he said, was not liable for damages caused by a strike itself, even if an "employer may have to quit business"; but Labor was responsible for damages inflicted by "violent and other unlawful conduct." This liability was not confined to physical damage but included the use of "unlawful means" to prevent a company "from conducting its business...
...definite assurance that Stanley Reed's appointment to the Supreme Court will not prevent his sitting upon the finals of the Ames Competition at the Law School answers, but does not discredit the Crimson's earlier expression of doubt on this subject. The questions posed yesterday have reaped the indignant and confident rebuttal printed elsewhere. That confidence is blind to the fact that supreme court appointments are extremely touchy matters. Justices, whether potential or confirmed, are of necessity super-shy with regard to any and all public appearances that might be used in any way as the basis...
Vitamin B does not prevent or cure hangovers...
...change in the regulations is intended to prevent the Hygiene Department from having to consider so many unnecessary pleas. "We cannot accept responsibility for so many students being absent from their Exams," Dr. Bock said...