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The certainty of a general election after a limited , which would often be a nearly expired , period , and the possibility of it at any time when the minister either desires it for his own sake , or thinks that it would make him popular with the country , tend to prevent that wide divergence between the feelings of the assembly and those of the constituency , which might subsist indefinitely if the majority of the House had always several years of their term still to run - if it received new infusions drop by drop , which would be more likely to assume than to modify the qualities of the mass they were joined to . No misfortune occurred , again to prevent the ball . Peace ; the choice of that place will , it is added , tend to prevent delays , and also the spreading of false rumours , by which " the common people of Holland " , would assuredly , under other circumstances , and by the treating through a neutral power , be abused and deceived . The US , as latecomer to the game , strove to prevent the partition of China by European powers and Japan by proclaiming the " Open Door " policy , a principle rooted in the " most favored nation " clause typical of unequal treaties imposed on China by Western imperialist powers after the Opium War ( 1839-42 ) . This notice attracted Swift 's attention , and in January 1708 he issued predictions for the ensuing year by Isaac Bickerstaff , written to prevent the people of England being imposed upon by vulgar almanac makers . Specifically , will the procedures used by the CME , including setting the cash settlement price based on two surveys conducted at random times , tend to prevent market participants from influencing the cash settlement price ? Do not suffer the power of the law to interfere , unless to prevent their injuring each other ( emphasis mine ) . It is clear that it will frequently , and indeed generally , tend to prevent any deviation from the common type . The certainty of a general election after a limited , which would often be a nearly expired , period , and the possibility of it at any time when the minister either desires it for his own sake , or thinks that it would make him popular with the country , tend to prevent that wide divergence between the feelings of the assembly and those of the constituency , which might subsist indefinitely if the majority of the House had always several years of their term still to run if it received new infusions drop by drop , which would be more likely to assume than to modify the qualities of the mass they were joined to .