Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...friend and secretary, Jorge Vargas, had sold out to the invaders, in return for a job as mayor of Manila, was promptly squelched by Manuel Quezon himself. Said President Quezon: "I appointed [Vargas] Mayor of Greater Manila ... in line with MacArthur's plans ... to maintain order and prevent looting...
...means of the Government sugar rationing program, which goes into effect next month and is designed to prevent hoarding, it will be possible for every family to buy just as much sugar this year as last he said...
...dealer House hearing in Washington, tough Leon Henderson promised relief. Under the coming rationing scheme dealers will get full list price, plus up to $75 per car for "handling and delivery." Furthermore, RFC this week announced it had earmarked $100,000,000 for loans to dealers. This will prevent any gouging by banks and finance companies holding dealer notes...
...result is enough to raise the other eyebrow and a good round of applause to boot. Though in any production of "Hedda Gabler" Henrik Ibsen must remain the outstanding attraction, Mrs. Paxinou interprets the role with challenging individuality. Her sensitivity and restraint as the neurotic and theatrical Hedda prevent her overdoing a part that can be easily overdone. No doubt "Hedda Gabler" profits from the fact that its star is no stranger either to Ibsen or the English language as a medium, having played in "Ghosts" on the London stage last year. It is to be hoped that the Greeks...
...paint, varnish, oleomargarine, shortenings, for many a food and manufacturing process. Pearl Harbor threw all this fat in the fire. At once domestic oils-soybean, cottonseed, linseed-felt the surge of the shifted demand, began to soar in price. OPA clapped on a price ceiling; but last fortnight, to prevent hoarding, OPM had to freeze all U.S. stocks of some 1,800 different fats and oils, domestic and imported. No food, soap or paint manufacturer can now carry more than 90 days' supply. Tung-oil restrictions are even tighter...