"You didn't go in to hurt him," he said, "but you do what you have to do to prevent the double play."

Not only did an authors' quarrel prevent the play from being produced, but its exclusive use of black folk vernacular has also provoked debate.

Neither expedient prevented the play from being "silenc'd on the third day," as Tate wrote in his preface.

The penalty then prevented the play from being reviewed, and Houston went on to win the game in overtime.

You blitz and he can catch that by being the hot receiver, and you may be out of place to prevent the big play.

This has prevented the play from earning itself a significant stage history.

In an apparent attempt to prevent the play from being reviewed, Texas rushed the extra point, and Pino pushed it wide right.

"Stopping the run and preventing the big play are the two things that have to happen for a defense," Shurmur said.

Stanislavski's death prevented the play from being produced at the Moscow Art Theater.

"We've got to prevent the big play," said Shurmur.