Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he was questioned as to the possibilities of an English victory, Wheeler asked what constitutes a British victory. "England can save itself and its empire by making a peace treaty right away, but she cannot destroy the Germans so easily. It was impossible to prevent the Nazis from invading the recently conquered count- ries, and to attack Germany without a base on the continent will be much more difficult...
...when the Crimson reversed its policy of isolation, until the Armistice, students seem to have recognized the intellectual and practical necessity for being "aucourant" on war matters. Although Harvard swamped the Yale football team by the record-breaking score of 41-0, the general jubiliation did not prevent undergraduates from abiding by the Student Council's advocation of military preparedness and of voluntary military training for all members of the University. The Council suggested drill, supplemented by military science and tactics. A committee of graduates, undergraduates, and Law School men was appointed to take charge of inaugurating the system...
...newly conceived center of gravity is a carefully guarded secret and is heavily surrounded by armor to prevent injury. The boat has an auxiliary simplified marine engine as well as a full set of logistics on board...
While Vichy was encouraging human procreation in Unoccupied France, German-occupied Paris cracked down on animal increase. The Society for Protection of Animals asked owners to prevent their cats and dogs from mating. Reason: food is so scarce that Paris pets are already starving...
...Otterbein believes a church should make its good-neighbor policy practical as well as friendly, so all through Depression his parish took care of every member family which would otherwise have had to go on relief. To prevent embarrassment, he was go-between for gifts from the better-off members, distributed them where needed, established a successful employment agency on the side...