Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...week the Interstate Commerce Commission announced that it would adjourn "for the summer months" on July 29. Inasmuch as the proposed railway mergers of the Van Sweringen brothers (TIME, Aug. 18, Apr. 6, 27, June 8, BUSINESS) are before the Commission awaiting approval or rejection, the adjournment will probably prevent action until fall. Since the Van Sweringen merger is a "test case," other mergers will probably be postponed accordingly...
...Ireland now has a stable Government, statistics are being kept and, before long, we will be able to make accurate reports concerning our imports and exports. In the meantime, we intend to prevent merchants from calling inferior goods by an Irish name. This injures us and restricts our market...
...whether used for fuel or as a lubricant, when spread upon the sea, quickly forms a very light layer on the surface, tends to increase surface tension of the. water and hence has a tendency to prevent the breaking of waves. I have often seen gulls alight in this thin layer of oil in harbors, but I have never seen one unable to take off as a result...
...Stacpoole's infrmation, the U. S. Government has taken steps to "end this terrible business," at least as far as the territorial waters are concerned. Congress has recently passed an act to prevent the pollution of inland and coastal waters. This act provides for a fine and imprisonment for any Government official or employe convicted of pumping overboard any oil or sludge in the harbors of coastal water of the U. S. However, Congress does not stipulate by what means these same officials or employes are to prevent their ships from sinking in case ot protracted stays...
...bill to prevent the making of phonograph records from radio programs was passed. One member said: "God help us!" The Deputy Speaker, surprised at this irreverence, said: "I must point out that the bill refers to musical and dramatic performances...