Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...game yesterday brought another serious loss to the eleven. Dunlop was playing halfback, and on a run around the end he was thrown violently and broke his collar bone. The accident was not at first thought to be serious, but it will probably prevent him from playing any more this year...
...income tax will be specially valuable as a permanent part of the tax system. - (a) It is a steady source of revenue. - (b) It is an elastic tax. - (1) Its rate can be varied year by year. - (2) This will prevent a surplus or deficit; - (3) and thus prevent wasteful extravagance or strained economy...
...causal sequence very readily and they invoke the dead according as they see good or evil following their acts. The sentiments which lead to this invocation of the dead vary among different people. Sometimes the terror of the dead predominates, and we find various charms and obstacles employed to prevent the return of the dead to the places which they frequented in life. The dead body was often carried away by a crooked or circuitous path so that the spirit might not find the way back. Fire, water and thorns were interposed between the corpse and the outside world. Careful...
...strength by forcing the ball to within a few yards of Yale's goal line. If the eleven this afternoon keeps the Brown backs from making any substantial gains, one may feel reasonably comfortable about the football outlook. Brown will come up with a determination to score, and to prevent it, Harvard must play hard football from the very start...
...will be necessary for marked improvement in the team play, if Harvard expects to prevent Brown from scoring in Wednesday's game. The teams lined up as follows...