Word: averter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Under "Crusade for Christ," Evangelist Billy Graham went out for a dip in the Pacific surf at Broad-beach, Australia. Later, tanned and rested, he flew off to New Zealand, stirred 3,000 welcomers with a message of hope: "If Christians around the world unite in prayer, we could avert war. We don't have anything in common racially or politically. One common denominator we do have is spiritual...
...times of rebellion the processes of democracy are always strained at best. When the revolution comes after long years of repression and cruelty, any measures which can avert a blood bath have strong justification. But between averting a blood had and inciting and abetting of new violence lies a fine line, and one too easily crossed...
...called upon the United States, Britain and France to avert the danger of World War III by accepting his proposals. In Washington, responsible officials firmly rejected Khrushchev's proposal to garrison West Berlin with Big Four or neutral troops...
...organized labor before the conservative advocates of strong legislation convince the nation that what is needed is vigorous legislation to control the entire labor movement. Whether is follows the lead of the administration or that of Senator Kennedy, labor faces more than a challenge: it has a chance to avert a crisis which will become progressively more serious unless remedial action is taken...
...from eight years of exile in Paris to begin the process of uniting his divided country. He accepted Apra support for the presidential election, in return legalized the party when he won. For this, the oligarchs labeled him a traitor to his class. Actually, the Prado-Apra alliance may avert the class struggle between the oligarchs and the Indian masses that historians (mindful of the Mexican revolution) predict. Apra turned right and met Prado going left...