Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...consequence of the visit, numerous occupants of the building are now minus sums of money from 30 cents upwards." He laid especial emphasis on the fact that the robbery could never have taken place if the doors had been locked. He also pointed out that the only way to prevent a recurrence of yesterday morning's incident was for the students to keep their doors locked...
...have been so prolific since the war. Nevertheless the book is unquestionably well worth reading because of its subject. Even the haste of a writer who is apparently more at home in the fields of popular philosophy, psychology and fiction than in the rougher path of biography, can not prevent MacDonald from emerging as the most interesting man in English political life...
...disgrace to be beaten in 1920 when one considers the forces which were aligned against us," he declared. "By a vigorous expression of sentiment, men in this University may help to prevent the Democratic nomination from going to a candidate who will be no more constructive, or accomplish no more than has the present administration...
...Library of Congress in which are exhibited the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. These documents have for about 30 years been kept from the public because they were fading and deteriorating. They are now in a marble case, with a glass top and special film of gelatin to prevent harm from injurious light rays...
Last year's Yale Freshman team sent an undefeated Harvard team down to defeat and the University wrestlers will find it no easy task to prevent a repetition...