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Word: prevents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ministers of War and the Navy could go over the Prime Minister's head, directly to the Emperor. The Services could prevent the forming of any Cabinet simply by refusing to appoint military ministers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Safety Razor | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

Without seeking to detract in any way from the credit out pink playmates should get for their good order and discipline, I should like to point out that there was no likelihood whatever of any clash, and that when America First counter-pickets were sent out to prevent the Student Union from having a monopoly on the newspaper photographs, they were limited in number and given equally strict orders not to do any talking or anything else that might start trouble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/28/1941 | See Source »

...prevent the development of such a double-pincers movement, the shadowboxing U.S. and its fighting allies have one obvious tactic: to pinch first. Last week the U.S. was pressing in the Atlantic, holding its previously applied pressure in the Pacific. There was a suspicion that Japan's bellicose gesture was the result of a demand by Adolf Hitler, not only to attack Siberia, but to divert the U.S. from its warlike moves in the Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: History at the Corner | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

Featuring a new "hidden spiral" binder intended to prevent the front, back, or insides from testing out under hard use, the Freshman Register goes on sale today in the Union and Dodley Hall together with the Red Book...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Register Sale Begins | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

Muttering "keep quiet, keep moving" to prevent the provocations of American Firsters from getting under their skin, a Fight for Freedom Committee picket line paraded up and down in front of Mechanics Hall for several hours Saturday night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Picketers at Wheeler Talk Parade in Peace | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

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