Word: prevention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...devoted to Lord Northcliffe.... I mothered him. I gave him advice when he needed it, and he gave me leave to pull him up and prevent his making a fool of himself.... I did that several times...
...dropped his ballot each tattooed voter was handed an explanatory card: "The mark on your hand will fade out in a few days. Its purpose is to prevent you from voting illegally more than once. At the last election it is estimated that 50% of the voters 'repeated.' If you have been tattooed anywhere except inconspicuously on the palm of the right hand you possess the right to complain to the municipality...
...student in academic and non-academic life; (5) faculty research and undergraduate instruction; (6) the choice of the college and the choice of the field of work; and finally, (7) the college student and find other college students. In all these fields, it seems to the, gaps exist, which prevent under-standing, and which prevent students engaged in one field from seeing the meaning of the other. The American college is like one of the American states ten years ago, before the good roads movement had struck its citizens. Only at certain seasons of the year was contact possible...
...injury takes place while the ball is in play, the officials are to withhold their whistle until the play is completed. The purpose of this change is to prevent the officials from killing a play because of an apparent injury which often has no effect upon the play itself...
...roommate. I have always been appalled by the relatively small number of readers at Widener and I feared that a question as to the purity of the air might even further discourage taking advantage of our reading facilities. I was determined to clear up this matter and thus prevent an undue falling off of the attendance at the library. I am perfectly content with the results. Since I made two tests and since the percentage content of carbon dioxide varied only .01 per cent, the college will be glad to know that I feel myself justified in pronouncing the atmosphere...