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Word: prevention (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blamed on the secularized, un-Christian men who put technics to work. Here, says Brunner, the Christian church has woefully let men down: "Is it not shameful for the Christian society that Confucian China was capable of suppressing the military use of gunpowder, while the Christian Church could not prevent . . . the development of a war machinery incomparably more dreadful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Civilized Christian | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...loyalty oath was issued in order to punish and prevent unorthodox political thinking and opinion, and not to prevent subversive action, is clear when we examine the Federal acts in force at the time of the adoption of the order. There existed at that time, and still exist, statutes punishing sabatoge, 50 USC 104-6; espionage, 50 USC 31-2; treason, 18 USC 1-3; sedition, 18 USC 10; and in addition, conspiracy to commit any of the above was punished under 18 USC 88. Also, Federal Civil Service employees are liable for discharge "for such cause as will promote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Against the Loyalty Oaths | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...could have created from the ruins of the Third Reich a healthy and congenial community in Western Europe. It does say that the Allies have not built that sort of a Germany, and that England, France, and the U.S. must immediately coordinate the little control they still hold to prevent Germany from disrupting the security of the West...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fourth Reich? | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...concept of a combined drive is basically a sound one. Although the Council part of the combined drive is poorly handled, this should not prevent students from giving the emphasized charities the support these causes deserve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Charities and Council | 12/2/1949 | See Source »

...Mallinckrodt, Rochow is working on the intermediate stages of development, trying to produce silicones inexpensively and commercially. purpose where heat deteriorates the rubber now used. Certain "theoretical obstructions" would probably prevent its use in the outer tire, where more wear and resistance is required...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Gift Suggestions | 12/2/1949 | See Source »

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