Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...today French directors of the Suez Canal Co.. which controls it, are 21 to the 10 British, while the French-owned stock is 56% to Britain's 44%? And that France caused the treaty of 1888 to be made allowing passage of all ships at all times, to prevent British control of the canal...
...little noted passage, he said: "On Jan. 7 last, Premier Benito Mussolini and I, not only in the interests of our two countries but also for the peace of Europe, definitely settled all those things which might be able to divide us. . . . I have neglected nothing to prevent any blow from being struck at the new policy happily inaugurated between France and Italy...
...preview exhibition in Manhattan's Weyhe Gallery of 105 etchings and lithographs by 38 of the best-known graphic artists in the U. S. Sponsored by an organization known as American Artists Group, Inc. the prints are all framed alike, under transparent celluloid instead of glass to prevent breakage in shipment, within a month four identical shows of similar prints will be traveling to department stores in 50 provincial cities accompanied by elaborate catalogs, and a lecturer. The prints in limited editions will sell for from $10 to $40 a piece. Few museums can boast a more impressive roster...
...thought as well as food, from the whims of the specialists in education, nutrition, morals, sociology, etc., from all progress inspired, not by the needs of the public, but by the greed or the illusions of their inventors. An institution of this sort would acquire enough knowledge to prevent the organic and mental deterioration of civilized nations. Its members should be given a position as highly considered, as free from political intrigues and from cheap publicity, as that of the justices of the Supreme Court. Their importance would, in truth, be much greater than that of the jurists who watch...
Bangor, Me.: "Infantile paralysis has not reached epidemic proportions, but conditions are alarming enough to prevent parents from using home remedies when symptoms of the disease occur...