Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meet if the committee accepts the invitation of the University of California to hold the games at Berkeley next June. Coach Farrell went on to explain that the meet is held during the period of the final examinations and this alone would be sufficient to prevent the University's entering a team...
...would prevent children from doing chores at home...
...Amendment. There is but one principal argument which has been used for the Amendment. Child labor is a social and economic evil, un- healthful for children and a hindrance to their education; the aim of the proposed Amendment is to prevent work for those too young and to prevent too long hours, night work and dangerous work for older children...
...protractedness of cricket is due to the fact that the batsman is not obliged by rule either to make a run or be put out within any given number of bowls. His prime function is to prevent the ball from striking his wicket. Interminable defensive play ("stonewalling") is thus possible-as it would be in baseball if a batter were adroit enough to foul safely off an indefinite number of pitches...
...instant. Carefully arranged silk shrouds, made of Japanese silk (the strongest and lightest of textiles) pass continuously from a ring on one side of the harness to the parachute itself and back to the harness again. The pilot sits, then, as if in a swing. He can prevent oscillations, can steer to a certain extent, can avoid trees, buildings and can be almost comfortable. He can, experience has shown again and again, drop 600 ft. without losing a particle of consciousness. He has indeed to rehearse his movements, but the pulling of the conveniently placed "rip cord"-a flexible cable...