Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first Yale tally was made by right outside Hoaglund while left outside Haines pounded the ball through the Harvard goal in the third quarter. Both scores were well-placed, making it impossible for goalie John Penson to prevent them. In the final period the Crimson threatened several times but Yale's steady defense prevented any score...
...What can happen to prevent us from ultimately going to war, alone, against Germany, Italy, and Japan to protect our interests? The answer is too obvious: the success of the Chinese against the Japanese and the success of England against the Axis. They are fighting our fight. If they fall, we have got to take up the sword where they drop...
Professor Leach outlined a four-point program which we should adopt as a result. 1. Send naval units to Singapore to prevent Japanese encroachment there; 2. Notify Japan that we will resist an attack on Singapore; 3. Declare an embargo on all Japanese imports and exports; and 4. Help China in every way possible...
...raider hurled shrapnel for a while, to destroy as many survivors as possible, perhaps fearing a death-rattle torpedo attack and perhaps also to prevent being identified. Scarcely one man was not hit, but their heavy sea gear stopped most of the splinters. Darkness probably saved them. Presently the raider turned off, began vainly hunting other victims with angry starshells. The valiant Jervis Bay had held him up for better than an hour...
Sociological theory will not prevent Professor Pitirim Alexandrovitch Sorokin's appearance in a local traffic court tomorrow morning bright and early to pay a $5.00 fine for not having his automobile brakes checked...