Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...inefficiency consequent from mass appointments was realized when Andrew Jackson's friends tracked mud into the White House and into government agencies. A "big stick" in the hand of Teddy Roosevelt sponsored the infancy of civil service, but the verbal discipline of Franklin Roosevelt has not sufficed to prevent the rebirth of the old child of confusion...
...Will this latest shake-up prevent a recurrence of these costly disturbances? One can only guess regretfully 'no'-regretfully, because their source, one can't help feeling, will not be removed until Mr. Nelson himself steps down...
...would be politically inadvisable. But they declare: "We will not tolerate a pro-Fascist regime anywhere on the Continent"-and reserve the right to define pro-Fascist. Like Goebbels, though for different reasons, they find the "Red menace" a useful threat. They say: "If you western fellows want to prevent a social revolution in Europe you'd better march in before us rather than after...
...Victory cannot save civilization. It can merely prevent its destruction by one spectacular method. Since civilization was well on its way to destruction before the war began, success in war will not automatically preserve...
...problem is not how to prevent the annihilation of the study of arts and letters, but how to adapt a venerable tradition in education to our modern age. And such an adaptation has, to my mind, been long overdue. Therefore the period of stress and strain on which we are now entering may well prove to be beneficial. Contrary to a view prevalent in certain quarters, academic institutions are among the most conservative in human history. An occasional jolt may be wholesome; it forces adjustments to meet now needs...