Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sanitarium for paralytics, it is certain that this painter would probably go there in search of Haitian specimens. We suspect him of being one of those floating timber revolutionists that Russia has scattered across the world. It is the duty of the government and of the police to prevent these paintings from getting out of the country. No government should tolerate on its soil for more than twenty-four hours an individual of this kind...
...Every member of the school shall walk at least one mile a day, unless a freshet, earthquake, or some other calamity prevent. The bounds to the north are marked by a stake, also those to the south and west...
...tranquil and charming hostess? . . . when I get up from the table to change plates or bring in a dish from the kitchen every man at the table jumps to his feet and follows me about in a natural impulse to help me. Nothing I know how to say will prevent them. Personally I am baffled. But I'm wondering if you can't help me?" Questions of this latter type?deal-ing with the problems of modern "nice people" who are often servant-less?give Mrs. Post scope for something new in conduct counsel. She advises servantless hostesses to give...
...care should be observed, however, to prevent a duplication of financing, and a second acceptance arising out of the same transaction or series of transactions involving the same goods should be in effect merely an extension of an already existing credit. Thus, if one acceptance is issued to finance the shipment of goods to a foreign country and a second acceptance is issued to finance the distribution of such goods into the channels of trade, the proceeds of the second acceptance should be used to retire the first acceptance...
...screen has become an integral part of Japanese architecture. Used originally to prevent drafts and to obtain privacy, it soon became a part of the decorative scheme. We know that folding screens were introduced from China before the tenth century...