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Word: prevented (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...July 27 issue of our favorite newsmagazine: Good going and more power to Wild Horse Annie and her campaign [to prevent mustang hunting by airplane and truck]. I wonder how many of our "animal-loving" dog owners realized or even dreamed of the type of food they were passing on to their pampered pups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 17, 1959 | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

Geneva. There is no sign that the Russians intend to concede a thing at Geneva, and he has concluded that Moscow wants to dominate West Berlin and prevent unification of Germany at all costs. What the Soviets fear most is a strong, united Germany and the possibility of a very strong China. Ike has seen nothing to indicate that the Russians really do want a summit conference, but they are using the summit to split the Western powers. Still, he is willing to go to the summit, provided that the foreign ministers' meeting shows some progress; he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Voice of Authority | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

...feeling of frustrated nationalism after World War II accounted for the loss of interest in Parliament and now has forced a situation in which only the menace of violence can prevent executive action. De Gaulle's prestige and his threat to quit if the government is overthrown "holds things down...

Author: By Arnold Goldstein, | Title: Forum Cites 'De Gaullism' | 7/30/1959 | See Source »

...over, are appalled at the risky stunts of rocket buffs from 16 to 60. So serious is the situation that the American Rocket Society has issued a 76-page booklet cataloguing the dangers and advising the amateurs to stop. Said A.R.S.: "All practical means must be taken to prevent the manufacture of propellants or rockets by amateurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Amateurs Beware | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

Porgy and Bess. George Gershwin might not have been overjoyed with the heavy, static, wide-screen pageant that Producer Sam Goldwyn and Director Otto Preminger have fashioned from his folk opera, but nothing can prevent the show's songs from tingling the spine. Standout performances: Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: Time Listings, Jul. 20, 1959 | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

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