Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some of her quiet narratives of relationship between people, the poet reaches a colloquial ease that can hardly avoid comparison to Robert Frost...
...Democrats Stevenson and Harriman cannot avoid entering primaries against Estes Kefauver, he might beat them, striking hard at their hopes for the nomination, as Wendell Willkie's chances for renomination were wrecked when Tom Dewey defeated him in the 1944 Wisconsin primary. In that case, the field would be wide open...
...elusive stylist, took some jolting punches himself before he cornered his man and battered him senseless. Said Archie when he got his wits back: "I haven't an excuse in the world. Marciano is far and away the strongest man I've encountered. You can avoid him some of the time, but not all of the time." ¶ A few weeks earlier than usual, big-league baseball began its autumn managerial shuffle. After eight years, Lippy Leo Durocher and the New York Giants parted company. Everyone was still friends; everyone was very happy-or so Leo and Giant...
...Foolish Virgins." Slowly, under the women's blank stares, government officials resorted to defensive measures. At a ceremonial opening of a police barracks, Minister of Justice C. R. Swart scrambled over a fence to avoid walking through the Black Sashers' gauntlet. Ministers took to concealing their movements, ducking through side doors, arriving at parties or weddings without warning, buying theater tickets under false names, asking meeting organizers not to announce scheduled speeches. Nothing helped. The women were always waiting. The government was goaded into irritable complaint. "Weeping Winnies," one Minister called them, and Prime Minister Strydom himself gibed...
...unit has its own twin washrooms, project area, heating plant, storage space and drinking fountains. The units can be used individually or added to as required, can be dismantled and moved to follow shifting populations. With such models, communities will be able to build for their current needs and avoid large-scale, heavily bonded construction programs...