Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Former pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Fresno, Wall petitioned the District Court of Appeals for a writ of prohibition to prevent the University authorities from paying Russell's salary and to force voiding of his contract with U.C.L.A...
...There is such a thing as mental leprosy as well as physical leprosy. As the physically afflicted are segregated from society to prevent their spreading the disease, so Bertrand Russell must be prevented from teaching at Harvard," Dorgan concluded...
...Indians prevent the World Champion Yankees from winning the American League pennant for the fifth year...
This spray is said to burn more smoothly and cheaply than a carburetor mixture, to make possible the use of less volatile gasolines, to prevent icing under any conditions. One of the first German planes shot down last fall in Scotland was found to have a fuel-injection device. In the U. S., Continental Motors Corp. now equips 75-h.p. engines for light planes with the first commercial U. S. fuel-injection system. Army & Navy technologists are experimenting with...
...Cartoonist Percy Crosby (Skippy) went U. S. patent No. 2,197,174 for a helmet designed to prevent brain concussions. Shaped like a Tyrolean yodeler's hat, its crown rests on powerful springs which are attached to the brim. How it works: bullet comes, crown gives, bullet is deflected, crown snaps back, war goes...