Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge declared that he thought the tax reduction of $387,000,000 carried in the bill was dangerously large, and Congress would have to be very economical in its appropriations in order to prevent a deficit...
...group of Englishmen returning from a game of golf, and armed only with golf sticks, were unable to prevent the Maharaja's emissaries from murdering the merchant Bawla in cold blood on the open highway while he was riding with Mumtaz Begum; but the golfers did succeed in driving off the natives (armed with revolvers, knives and swords) before they could do more to the girl than slash her face, permanently disfiguring...
...course they were warmly dressed but care had to be taken to prevent the furs encumbering their movements...
...Yale for fours years; rowed throughout my college career without the slightest distinction; in my Senior year coached the 1913 Freshman crew to a glorious defeat at the hands of the corresponding Harvard Freshmen; for two years was secretary of my class at Yale, but resigned, possibly to prevent being fired...
...doubt, when the ruling becomes more familiar, students will increasingly desire to avail themselves of the privilege. Only the limited number of tutors available can prevent the extension of the system to an ever larger group. As the honor student well knows, the guidance of a tutor in preparation for divisionals is more valuable than the lectures of a professor...