Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...justification for Article X is that it morally binds every member of the league to immediate action against any nation attempting a war of conquest providing the nine members of the council unanimously decide that action should be taken. This provision, it is thought, will be strong enough to prevent any nation of the world daring to attack another with a view to disputing its independence or taking its territory...
...number of socialists have recently been arrested there for holding a street meeting without a permit. Although the city protested in the hearing of the case that the meeting interfered with traffic, it was made clear to the judges that the real cause of the restriction was to prevent socialist propaganda. Accordingly the ordinance was decided to be unconstitutional...
...goods must be sold at a reduced profit or even at a loss, because the change in wages tends to lag behind the change of commodity rates. Hence the producer is forced to pay a higher wage than the lowered price of his commodity justifies. The only way to prevent this, is to keep prices up to the high level...
...players who show up best in the tournament will probably be formed into a squad for the fall practice. These men, in order to continue practice after weather conditions prevent playing out doors, will join the Chestnut Hill covered courts. Schedules will be made out for practice there, and only members will be allowed to play. From this squad will be picked the team to make the southern trip this winter, Next spring an elimination tournament will be held, at which time the members of the team may be challenged for their positions...
...Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, word has gone out that it will probably be necessary to restrict the size of the entering class in order to prevent a lowering of the educational standards of the school. The facilities of the Business School are bound to be taxed to the utmost this year anyway. Many recitations will have to be held in the basement of the various college buildings because there is no room for them elsewhere. Some 400 men are expected to seek admission to the Business School, and this will make the total enrollment something like...