Word: preventers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...question of how to prevent the annihilation of the liberal arts. Conant stressed, but rather there is the problem of adaptation of a traditional system to the needs of a modern age. Not only is there apt to be a resurgence of interest towards the liberal arts after concentration upon the sciences, but also men will realize that "a judicious blonding of the study of man and nature is the only sure foundation of a free common-wealth...
...m.p.h. Results of the test: recommendations for thicker windshields than the usual safety glass. One type of panel developed has tempered glass on the outside, an air space, then two panes of glass holding a half-inch filling of plastic. Exhaust heat is circulated through the air space to prevent ice. This has withstood the impact of a 15-lb. bird fired at over 200 m.p.h...
Stout wanted to rouse hatred against those Germans "who accept, either actively or passively, the doctrine of the German master race . . . [or] who, reluctant to join the Nazis, nevertheless failed, through lack of courage or conviction, to prevent the Nazis from . . . plunging the world into this filthy swamp of destruction." In other words, hate most of Germany...
...peace-loving nations of the world, which had tragically demonstrated their inability to prevent World Wars I & II, again showed signs of an inability to head off World War III. They had before them the bloody example of their past failure to unite on a common program. Now, facing the vital necessity for a common program, they were still unable or unwilling to unite...
When Davision opened last summer, the biggest single defect in the band was the lack of a trombone. There's no such lack now, with Sandy Williams, ex-Chick Webb and Coleman Hawkins. Sandy was troubled with a bad lip last Tuesday night, but that didn't prevent him from proving that he is one of the most unappreciated trombonists...