Word: preventers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attending classes. Last week the press heard of young Mr. Coolidge's protector for the first time. Forthwith rumors began to brew and circulate. Some said that cranks had been threatening the "First Son of the Land". . . . Others whispered that Colonel Starling's prime duty was to prevent Son John from eloping with Florence Trumbull, daughter of the Governor of Connecticut. At his home in Plainville, Conn., Governor Trumbull did not hesitate to announce that such a rumor was "absolutely bunk." John Coolidge first met Miss Trumbull at his father's inauguration in March...
...These two qualities of the two most able leaders of the present central committee might, quite innocently, lead to a split; if our party does not take measures to prevent it, a split might arise unexpectedly...
...covers are made of tenounce, waterproofed duck, and protect the entire field with the exception of the and zones: Heavy planks on the ends of each section prevent the wind disturbing them...
...obstructing his free communion with God. Accuse him of the sin of which you suspect him. Then by confessing to him (man to man) your own former weaknesses you will elicit a full confession from him. . . . This is often the kind of drastic, spiritual operation which alone can prevent a superficial repentance and unreal conversion. In New York City, last winter, a university student leader came to talk with Mr. Buchman about entering the Christian ministry. . . . Mr. Buchman answered his questions on the ministry to the best of his ability, but still the man seemed unsatisfied. They had finished dinner...
...that he was destined to free Negro slaves. He must have a citadel. So, with only 18 men, he captured the U. S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Va., and was in turn captured by Robert E. Lee. John Brown was hanged. Fifteen hundred soldiers stood by to prevent disorder. Abolitionists called him a martyr; Southerners, a murderous fanatic. The gap in the Union widened...