Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...might already be no longer the wife of Mr. Simpson and might become unexpectedly the Duchess of Windsor. On the other hand, in England, the office of the King's Proctor, who has the duty of asking the Attorney General, in doubtful cases, to bring an action and prevent the granting of a divorce in which the "innocent party" (Mrs. Simpson) can be shown to be also adulterous, was much embarrassed last week. Not only had one of the richest women in Britain instructed her lawyers to badger the King's Proctor, but a discharged servant of Edward...
...Snuggery: His Majesty, talking frequently by telephone with Mrs. Simpson, has won the first objective, that of smashing what has been in fact if not officially a ruthless censorship and gagging of the British Press in efforts to prevent King Edward's subjects from knowing of his resolve to marry Mrs. Simpson and prevent them from making their verdict known...
...Leprosy will have disappeared before Science finds a cure for it," says Dr. Muir. All that is necessary to stamp it out is to prevent contagion by segregating lepers and removing children from leprous parents, see that the general population has enough to eat and keeps clean...
...terms of Lawrence's will, The Mint cannot be published until 1950. To comply with U. S. copyright laws and prevent printing, Publishers Doubleday, Doran & Co. printed twelve copies of the book, deposited two with the Library of Congress, as the law requires, offered the remainder for sale at $500,000 each. The ten books, kept in the vault of the Nassau County Trust Co. in Mineola. L. I., are not displayed by the publisher in accordance with Lawrence's will, although anyone with $500,000 to spend can buy a copy. Consequently Critic Canby, reading...
...wood) and with a wax mitten rubbed them to a high glassy finish, making them waterproof. The patience and tireless efforts of these Lapplanders has convinced me that waxing is almost as important as actual skill, as by proper waxing one can lessen slipping backward when climbing, and also prevent snow from caking on the skis. Many a boy has spoiled a days sport by improper waxing of his skis...