Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heir-apparent, Lee Ki Poong, 61, Speaker of the Assembly, who last year gave his 20-year-old son to Rhee for adoption. But Rhee's Liberals failed to win the two-thirds majority they sought, which would have enabled Rhee to amend the constitution so as to prevent U.S.-educated Vice President Chang, 58, from succeeding if Rhee dies during the remaining two years of his term...
...northern polling station of Koumea last week, the first voter of the day strode in stark naked except for a straw hat. In the south, nationalists regaled reporters with accusations of repeat voting by government supporters: the ink stamped on each voter's hand to prevent his voting twice apparently washed off easily. But when day was done, the unexpected news began to spread: Olympio's party had won 60% of the votes, and 31 out of 46 Assembly seats...
...sensation in his legs or arms cannot even feel in those limbs the burn of an oven-hot radiator, the pain of a hard fall, the bed sores that breed serious infection-all bad risks that he must be alert to avoid. To stimulate circulation, avoid kidney stones and prevent his joints from locking and his bones from decalcifying, he must somehow rise to a standing position for at least an hour a day, a dizzying feat that is aided at first with a special tilt-table. The patient is also faced with the distressing fact that he cannot control...
What the automen offered instead was a two-year extension of the current contract, which would include an automatic annual wage boost of 7? an hour. Then, to emphasize its solidarity with the other companies and prevent whipsawing, G.M. pulled a surprise. It canceled its contract as of May 29. The move astounded and infuriated the U.A.W., which is now faced with an industry-wide shutdown if it strikes one of the companies, since all can refuse to operate without contracts. Roared Reuther: "They can't make us strike. We are not going to accommodate the industry by striking...
Railroaders found the program far short of what they need to prevent what Pennsylvania President James M. Symes calls "the collapse of some railroads." Last week, as further evidence of their dire straits, the New York Central showed a first-quarter loss of $17.6 million, the Pennsylvania lost $14.9 million. Even railmen still in the black were disappointed, believing that the need is for ways to increase earning power. "The real problem," said Ben Heineman. chairman of the Chicago & North Western, "is one of allowing us to attain a position where we can pay back the loans...