Word: prevented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deny either of the other candidates a clear majority of 270 votes in the Electoral College. Though this is still highly unlikely, Wallace nonetheless constitutes a very real threat to the stability of the electoral process and indeed the future of the two-party system. If he does prevent both Nixon and Humphrey from gaining a majority, he might bestow his electoral votes on his preferred candidate and claim that he picked the President...
...week, Secretary of State Dean Rusk tried to sound out the Russian diplomat about Soviet intentions, but Gromyko remained unhelpful. Gromyko was equally uncooperative during a chat with West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, who came away with the impression that the Soviets were unyielding in their determination to prevent the Federal Republic from having any further trade and diplomatic contacts with the East bloc...
...merely a chauvinistic longing to keep the brainless bureaucracy running at top speed. This doesn't necessarily require a positive commitment to a specific ideology or program, just the realization of what America has in mind for the rest of the world is probably worth trying to prevent...
Even the extra 6000 fans in Dartmouth's new seats couldn't prevent the 34-7 loss to the powerful Tiger pack. Princeton scored the first three times it had the ball and could afford to give its fullback captain, Ellis Moore, a rest while sophomore backfield find Brian McCullough gained an astounding 144 yards rushing...
FOREST FIRES PREVENT BEARS...