Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...buying it back at lower prices. After that, charged the SEC, they had made "false and misleading statements," and put out "bogus information" to drive down the price of the stock so that they could cover their short interest. The SEC got a restraining order in court to prevent Wolfson from what it termed fraudulent stock manipulations...
...valiant try to crush the panic, Vice President Richard Nixon (who is indebted to Adams for having helped prevent the strong dump-Nixon move during the famed 1952 expense-account troubles that wound up in the Checkers speech) got up at a meeting of state Republican chairmen last week in Washington and warned: "The trouble with Republicans is that when they get into trouble they start acting like a bunch of cannibals." Still, the chairmen themselves were inclined to let Adams stew in the cauldron. Of the 42 attending the meeting, 13 thought that Adams ought to quit; twelve shakily...
...function of helping prevent war and of furthering a just peace has become of transcendent importance . . . The armed forces have become, indeed, great shields to guard the peace." One helpful quality, concluded Ike, is "a healthy and lively sense of humor ... I hope your own sense of humor is sufficiently active to assure your tolerance of the thoughts I have placed before you, even if you feel no compelling reason for pondering them...
...Majesty's government," said the British Foreign Office in its stiffest note since Suez, "must point out that it would be their duty to prevent any unlawful attempt to interfere with British fishing vessels on the high seas." (An international conference last April failed to agree on a three, six-or twelve-mile limit, leaving it up to what each nation can enforce.) Although Iceland had not yet talked of using gunboats itself, "Her Majesty's government," continued the note, "finds it difficult to believe that the Icelandic government would use force against British fishing vessels in order...
Citation: "We remember your poems that make a miracle of language . . . [and] the no less sensitive critical insights . . . Finally, we remember that your Olympian preoccupation does not prevent you from loving a ball game, a horse race, a political campaign, a televised western and tomatoes in your garden...