Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...coughing, and only to a lesser degree talking, convey from the mouth of the infected person minute particles of moisture laden with disease germs which float about in the air and presently you breathe. It may, therefore, readily be appreciated why during an epidemic, it is wise to avoid crowded places like street cars, churches, theatres and movies...
When the constitutions of the various classes of Harvard College were constructed their makers had in mind, above all else, the fact that in elections and in other class activities each undergraduate should be able to not only have a vote, but also a voice. Their aim was to avoid the possibility of the suppression by any group of any candidates for office who were desired by a considerable portion of a class and to insure the election of men representative of the entire class. In order to accomplish this, especially in the Senior class, the method of nomination...
...speaking of the demobilization, Major Heermance dwelt upon the great importance of an honorable discharge from the army. He said, "For the reputation of the unit as well as of the individual men, all men are cautioned to avoid disorder or unbecoming conduct which would at all reflect on the unit or on themselves...
Many economists are beginning to accept as inevitable the permanent operation of our railroads by the government. The inextricable tangle into which the railroads were plunged even before this country had entered the war seems in itself almost sufficient proof that government ownership should be adopted to avoid the repetition of such a disaster. In a country where the geographical division of labor and industry has been carried to such an extent as in America, the welfare of the people demands efficient and unified service on the part of the railroads at all times; conflicting interests of shippers...
...dissent. No one who has followed the work as closely as I have can fail to realize in how great a measure its success is due to the untiring devotion of the volunteer instructors who have taken up the task which many of them would have been glad to avoid, and carried it forward with conspicuously good results. They have given unsparingly of their time and strength, and it is highly unfortunate that the group as a whole should be pilloried for the slight mistakes which one or two may have made. It is furthermore unjust to make the inference...