Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...situation, this only brought new problems. The ballots had already been printed, and the Committe had the option of printing and distributing hundreds of thousands of stickers or relying on a write-in vote to nominate Gibbons in the primary. Even with a feverish effort, they could not prevent the mismarking of thousands of ballots...
Before the convention last June, Endicott (Chub) Peabody seemed to have the edge over Edward J. McCormack, Jr., nephew of the Democratic Congressional majority leader. When the party convened, however, a fierce battle ensued and police had to be called in to prevent a riot. Amid charges of vote buying and fraud, McCormack won the nomination. Peabody immediately announced he would contest the decision in the primary...
...propulsion lab and other installations if it could only keep Redstone-and there it would take on any chores NASA assigned. "All we need to do," Medaris argued, "is put up a new wicket gate where they can hand in their orders." Added point: if Army could prevent an ultimate decision by the President until year's end, it would probably get to keep Redstone for good. Under the law creating the civilian agency to control space operations, NASA cannot take over military facilities after December 31 without express permission from Congress...
...world-circling trip, Dr. and Mrs. Lin Yutang stopped off in Hong Kong, where the philosopher-novelist (The Importance of Living, Moment in Peking) told newsmen that "unless we have the courage to face Communism and change from the defensive to the offensive, there's nothing to prevent Communism from becoming the world's victor." Then, flying to Formosa, Dr. Lin stood on Chinese soil for the first time in 14 years, said there should be no cut in the size of the garrisons on beleaguered Quemoy and Matsu...
...demands of graduate schools, curriculum experiments are few (one enterprising exception: sending the entire junior class of Oberlin's top-ranked Conservatory of Music to study for a year at Salzburg's Mozarteum). A weakness : an almost interminable list of required courses, which tends to prevent a student from exploring deeply any subject except his major. The faculty is well-paid ($4,700-$12,500), deliberately weighted toward men who are good teachers first, publishing scholars second. The result -in addition to excellent teaching - is that while professors respected in their fields are plentiful, Oberlin has no scholars...