Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...letter, signed by Dartmouth Director of Athletics William H. McGarter, informed Bingham that he had instructed what he called his "gestapo" to prevent any interruptions during Saturday's intermission. He said last year's near-lot was a "fraternity initiation stunt...
...person coming home from the office . . . wear Moose, Elks or K.C. ring . . . Pose as blind with dog and dark glasses while prowling . . . use white skins of eggs over eyeballs . . . Good clothes to be inconspicuous . . . live in best hotels ... It is easy to commit a crime, as the police never prevent ... Do not lose the sense of danger while prowling ... on the day a criminal decides he is smarter than the police, he moves that much closer ... to capture...
Said a Journal consultant, ignoring recent enthusiastic claims for anti-histaminics*nothing has been found to prevent or cure colds. This goes for salves, nose drops, gargles, vaccines and every other nostrum. All that the victim can do is try to get some relief. For a stuffy nose, drops are helpful (though sometimes they boomerang and cause renewed stuffiness). Aspirin soothes headache, fever and muscle pains which go with a cold. Alcohol, the Journal concedes, "in reasonable doses," expands the blood vessels and restores circulation to chilled skin and mucous membrane. But the old standby, rest in bed, is still...
...This is like life insurance. If you live in a dangerous world," he said, "anything you do to prevent war is not wasted. However, if we are never to have any more wars, what we spend on defense is wasted...
Playing hostess to Mrs. Cole and the HSID will prevent Miss Cam from attending the Idler Club tea this afternoon...