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- The Rev. Dr. Drew, his rustic bang flopping with the intensity of his poetic and sociologic ardor, trumpeted: "During the untoward series of industrial dislocations which have—let us be courageous and admit it boldly—throttled the business life of our fair city these past days, there has been a great deal of loose talk about scientific prevention of scientific—SCIENTIFIC!†
Chpt 27prevention = the act or process of stopping something from happening
- Well, gosh almighty, there's nothing to prevent your reading books and going to lectures and all that junk, is there?†
Chpt 30 *prevent = stop (something from happening)
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)