Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...care for mentally ailing students the Sorbonne has pitifully inadequate resources. On the "Boul' Mich'," a dentist's office is a psychological consultation center after hours (Saturday afternoon and after 6 p.m. on weekdays). Manned mainly by psychiatrists−who are called psychologists to avoid upsetting students who cannot face the reality of their condition−it dealt with 72 patients in May, still had 36 last week although vacations were beginning. Six miles from the city's center, at Sceaux, is a 15-bed university home for more serious but still "benign" cases. Last week...
...Pineau suggested that the U.S. allot 6% of its foreign aid through the United Nations to avoid any East-West competition; Dulles thought this unrealistic...
...figure is for the general population, to avoid genetic trouble on a large scale. Individuals can take more without much additional risk to first-generation children, but the committee suggests a top limit of 50 r to age 30 and an additional 50 r to age 40. This is much less than the maximum dose permitted in Atomic Energy Commission laboratories:. 3 r per week or 15.6 r per year. The committee believes that all work involving high radiation exposure should be done, for the good of the race, by people who do not expect to have more children...
When he sees a likely cloud, he dodges in and out of it. He tries to avoid the seething cores, and when things get tough he ducks toward the ground, always keeping watch for the deadly funnel of a tornado...
...whole situation, says E.T.S., finally boils down to this: "Future teachers pass through the elementary schools learning to detest mathematics. They drop it in high school as early as possible. They avoid it in teachers colleges because it is not required. They return to the elementary school to teach a new generation to detest...