Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act. This Act prohibits the sale in interstate commerce of products that are adulterated or dangerous to health. The law also establishes minimum standards of strength, quality and purity for many drugs. It establishes specifications for the labeling of drugs, so as to avoid misbranding. The other regulatory body is the Federal Trade Commission, which maintains supervision over advertising copy...
...into exile, Naguib's instinct was to leave politics to the professionals. To run the country and clothe the army's decrees in decently legal dress, he chose Aly Maher, 69, a wealthy conservative with a good record as a reformer. Naguib went to great lengths to avoid the impression that he planned a personal dictatorship. He turned down the title "Farik" (Marshal), refused to move into the royal palace. Impressed by Naguib's modesty, a Briton who has lived in Cairo 20 years said last week: "It's incredible that out of all this corruption...
...party rules to be submitted to the Congress reveal no major shakeup, but nevertheless contain some interesting changes (see below). They suggest that Stalin is trying to tidy and tighten up the party, possibly to avoid, for a hand-picked successor, the murderous party strife which surrounded his own successsion to Lenin, thus perpetuate his power beyond death...
...liner Queen Mary brought Feisal into New York Harbor last week, however, his official hosts could hardly avoid a horrible second thought: What if he saw America and didn't like it? They could not forget that another Feisal (the son of Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud) had been picketed and spat upon in New York...
...Mutual Appreciation. Marilyn got her start 26 years ago in the charity ward of Los Angeles General Hospital. Her mother, a onetime film cutter, turned the baby over to a guardian and Marilyn spent her childhood in a succession of foster homes. At 16, to avoid being sent to an orphanage, she married a young aircraft worker. The marriage lasted ten months and then Marilyn set out to conquer Hollywood. She studied stenography, got by as a part-time model and a movie bit player. Director John Huston let her play a small part in The Asphalt Jungle. When...