Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...index was the stock market, reflecting the feeling of investors. The elections set off a surge of buying; the Dow Jones industrial average climbed to its highest level since 1929. Evidently, investors accepted the Republican vow to avoid creeping socialism and the Democratic pledge to prevent creeping unemployment. The middle of the road might be crowded, but it was comfortable...
...that the voters had given them control of Congress, Democrats on Capitol Hill set out to force the Atomic Energy Commission to do their bidding. Their target was the Dixon-Yates power contract (TIME, Nov. 8), up for consideration before the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee. They could not prevent the signing of the contract, but they did threaten to nullify it next year. Announced Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson: "We expect that . . . the Dixon-Yates thing can be given a quiet burial...
...required connection between film subjects and the purposes of undergraduate organizations already is in danger. For the petition which the HLU has submitted to present All the King's Men clearly shows that the tenuous line between a proper and improper film will not prevent a club from remaining in the movie business...
...special Conservative League committee is preparing a pamphlet which Cole claims will provide enough damaging information on the H.L.U. to prevent students from joining it. By gathering all its information from the Library archives, which are open to the public, the League is seeking to forestall charges of spying...
...most important recommendations of the report was the establishment of a special fund to finance small research projects. The report criticized the heavy teaching and research loads carried by the faculty in the six fields. And it suggested developing closer ties with local universities to prevent unnecessary duplication in new appointments...