Word: prevents
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...government of nonpoliticians. In Rome, gruff U.S. Banker Amadeo Peter Giannini of California's Bank of America answered a Parri Government request for credits with "Italy's present precarious situation does not permit the safe investment of capital. . . . Without a strong government you will be unable to prevent rioting...
...Virgin of Quinche (rhymes with keen shay), a rejected piece of religious statuary which a sculptor had traded to the Indians of Ayacachi in 1586 for a few pieces of lumber, was credited with miraculous powers. She could cure fistulas and the pox and prevent disasters as well. Last week the Virgin of Quinche figured in the greatest railway disaster in Ecuador's history...
...Allies' jamming system--it reduced German anti-aircraft efficiency by 75 percent--that by the end of the war almost 90 percent of Germany's high-frequency radio experts, some 7,000 men, were diverted from other urgent work to the single job of finding a way to prevent jamming of German radar...
Last week the Department of Justice did something about this. It had the A.L.M.A., 45 member firms, and 34 individuals indicted under the antitrust laws. The charge: conspiring to fix high prices for artificial limbs, prevent competition...
Radios on Rails. Two-way radio communication between railroad trains was approved by the Federal Communications Commission, may be installed in all U.S. trains by Jan. 1. Thus trains will be in constant touch with dispatchers and with one another, should be able to prevent collisions by prompt reporting of obstructions or accidents...