Word: stops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...effort to stop further damage, Yard police, reinforced by prowl cars from the Cambridge police, were stopping all pedestrians in the area surrounding the Houses and in the Yard. They demanded bursars cards for identification...
...should be considered by all who believe that free discussion and inquiry is the best way to arrive at the truth. But to say that Mr. Wallace speaks for liberals implies an acceptance of his total position. In condemning the Taft-Hartley Bill, in calling for price controls to stop inflation, in fighting against Universal Military Training, in advocating support of dynamic democratic socialism in Europe rather than mere military "containment" of Russia, Mr. Wallace finds widespread liberal support. On the other hand, when he describes American foreign policy as imperialistically motivated, when he refuses to admit the heartening progress...
...Stop That Tractor. Telephone wires quivered. Officials scurried. In the buckwheat field the implacable plow buried the rich crop in deep furrows. At 11 o'clock a flustered Farmers' Union official raced into the field. "Stop!" he cried. He brought a counter-order from the Farmers' Union, after consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture...
...still the No. 1 puzzle. Because the polio virus is found in large amounts in the digestive tract, investigators now think that its chief invasion route is the mouth, probably in contaminated food. Flies are known to carry the virus. But dusting cities with DDT does not seem to stop epidemics...
...Luey Manuellian, Radcliffe '50, put it: "I'm all for skirts that stop very little below the knee, but I don't think you can change style by joining a club. The clothes are already manufactured and they're going to be bought...