Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...establishment of a counterlobby against the American Legion " to prevent an overriding of the President's veto of bonus legislation...
...Prohibitionists who object to modifying the Volstead Act even so much as to let British passenger vessels bring their liquor stores into American ports under seal. (It seems that most prohibitionists will regard this concession as completely outweighed by the authority the Govern-ment will have to prevent rum ships from "hovering" three miles...
Maxfield Parrish, Rockwell Kent, Albert Sterner, Tony Sarg, Arthur B. Davies, George W. Bellows, Robert Henri, William and Margaret Zorach are among the artists who have been asked to enter in a competition for a "peace Christmas card" to foster international cooperation to prevent war, under the auspices of the National League of Women Voters. The best design will be chosen in January by a committee including Charles Dana Gibson, Joseph Pennell, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. Three prizes of $500 to $2,500 will be awarded. The card will be put on sale for Christmas...
...more desirous of taking advantage of their unusual opportunities. For, where pearls are scarce, it is unthinkable that they should be cast before swine. It is the duty of the liberal college to see that no one who does not want a liberal education be allowed to prevent those who do from enjoying that privilege...
With 22 charges the State House of Representatives of Oklahoma passed a bill of impeachment against Governor J. C. Walton. The charges varied from placing his private chauffeur on the payroll of the Health Department to attempting to prevent a meeting of the legislature, and to accepting a bribe of $6,000 for approving a legislative bill. Except on one charge, that the Governor refused to permit the capital punishment laws to be carried out (he has pardoned and paroled almost 300 prisoners), the vote on every count was heavily against the Governor. On the capital punishment charge the vote...