Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...divided, miscomprehending midst, as tutor to a still cheery teen-age daughter, comes a quiet young German, hating the land of which his brutal Nazi father seems a symbol, and eager for a friendly English home. Discerning about the neurotic Harringtons, he-who has known real horror-tries to prevent the needless horror the family is inflicting on itself. But in sounding the alarm bell, he feeds the fire, and soon accusations and recriminations flare up everywhere...
...recover her freedom we will be ready to help her." Turning to Nasser, he poked at a tender spot: the Nasser-nurtured myth that Egyptians actually won a stunning victory in the Suez and Sinai fighting in 1956. He sneered at "the weak Egyptian army command" that could prevent "the Jews from capturing no fewer than 5,000 Egyptian prisoners, while the Egyptians were capturing only five Jews...
...what was mapped out for a young bride who wanted to serve fish? 'To clean fish: Remove scales that have not been taken off. This is done by drawing a knife over fish, beginning at tail and working towards head. Incline knife slightly towards you to prevent scales from flying . . . Wipe fish thoroughly inside and out with a cloth wrung out of cold water, removing any clotted blood which may be found adhering to the backbone. To skin fish: with sharp knife remove skin along the back and cut off a narrow strip of skin the entire length...
...Beers' Chairman Harry Oppenheimer, who took over when his father died in 1957, says he will not produce the synthetic stones unless it becomes "economically necessary." The diamond combine prefers to concentrate on its monopoly on gems and natural industrial stones, developed its process to prevent any other synthetic-diamond producer from drastically undercutting natural industrial diamond prices. Despite De Beers' discovery, G.E. has a long head start, is improving its stones. It disclosed last week that it had developed a diamond material that can be used in metal-bonded wheels, a use that was not possible before...
...assume the feasibility of this new Continental power--with Paris as its capital and with half of Africa under its sway--both London and Moscow will try to prevent its emergence. The decisive stroke to that end would be to separate Germany from France, and this goal can be achieved through a summit meeting...