Word: prevented
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...class as pre-war in actual fact. Perhaps our peaceful years at Harvard shall prove to have been only the years of prelude to another world conflict--a world conflict even more destructive of humanity than the Second World War so recently concluded. It is to guard against and prevent such a Third World War that many of us here today shall soon be entering the active military service of our country...
...involved. One does not even have to believe that unions are a good thing. For at the simplest level, the purpose of the boycott is to allow Stevens workers to choose for themselves whether or not they want a union--without company intimidation, interference or reprisal. It is to prevent a company from buying the power to break the law. It is a matter of simple justice. If for no other reason than this, the boycott of J.P. Stevens deserves support...
Other proposals include objective contraceptive counseling, to prevent recurrence of instances of doctors pressuring women to use birth control pills, rather than other forms of contraception, and weight control programs...
...would probably take something as unlikely as a Cuban attack on the Panama Canal to prevent what now seems almost inevitable: restoration of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana. In recent weeks the Administration has lifted travel restrictions for Americans who wish to visit Cuba and begun bilateral talks with Havana on a new fishing agreement-necessary since both countries claim 200-mile offshore limits, but are only 90 miles apart. One plan currently under consideration by Washington is to set up an American-staffed "interest" section attached to the Swiss Embassy in Havana, which now represents...
Companies whose earnings were cramped by last winter's gas shortage are pressing plans to prevent recurrences. Steelmaker Allegheny Ludlum, whose first-quarter earnings were cut to less than half of what they were last year, is going further than most. It has begun to drill its own gas wells in Ohio and Pennsylvania, build stockpiles of oil, and redesign furnaces so that they can be easily switched from gas to oil, propane and even tar. Says Chief Executive Robert J. Buckley: "We are working vigorously to have far greater capability next year and in the long-term future...