Word: prevents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory was interested in the scientific, not the commonsensible answer. If there is no fire, the Cornell investigators decided, the leading cause of death is cracked skulls. So the laboratory, backed by the Navy, set out to learn how a human skull cracks, and how to prevent it. Last week the experimenters described some of their findings...
...protesting the twin-league system proposed by Samborski, the House Athletic Directors pointed out that one loss and a tie would automatically prevent any squad from finishing higher than fifth place at the end of the season...
...ticket sellers, "heavily rushed all day" under the heavy load, according to ticket manager Frank O. Lunden, were unable to check bursar's cards and prevent this doubling up. Thus a Senior could get his tickets with a coupon book and then either give his bursar's card--guaranteeing Senior section tickets--to a lowerclassman or go through himself for another pair...
...huge numbers of young tourists going abroad ostensibly for study in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Geneva, and elsewhere. Their groups held orientation programs on the ship 25 hours a day, passed out reams of literature, held foreign language courses daily, and generally showed their eagerness to promote International understanding and prevent future war. All these idealists, unhappily, seemed naively unaware of the economic conflicts which will probably cause another war. The pamphlets dealt with racial and religious misunderstandings, not with oil fields in Arabia...
...into making their charges. The committee voted, 29 to 28, to include the protested votes and certify Johnson as the winner. Coke Stevenson stalked out, started legal moves to keep Johnson's name off the ballot. He threatened to take his fraud charges to the U.S. Senate to prevent Johnson from being seated...