Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...well the alliance would work was largely up to its leader, the U.S. It would have to avoid the illusion of safety, the guilt of weakness...
...dinner together almost every night. Mamie did not take her turn at cooking, but she always washed the dishes. After the war, in New York, Washington, Paris, Mamie stayed on in the background, and her friends predict that if she goes to the White House, she will still avoid the spotlight...
Incorruptible. In Chicago, bracing himself for this summer's national political conventions, Traffic Police Chief Michael Ahern advised his 1,100 cops to avoid calling delegates "Bud" or "Chum...
...Hearstlings to waving the flag or jumping into battle against vivisectionists, women in bars and other pet Hearst peeves, find a totally different climate. The new day began for the papers in the chain when Bill Hearst sent all his editors this instruction: . . . Use the greatest care to avoid bias or lack of objectivity in the handling of the news . . . News must be presented without partiality . . . Our news and campaigns . . . should not be extreme, unfair or one-sided . . . Please impart this point of view to all members of your editorial staff...
Wechsler set a task force to work, but Old Newshands Lait and Mortimer refused to see them. Instead, they wrote Wechsler that he would be accountable for any "unjust and damaging" statements. When Wechsler wrote back that one way to avoid inaccuracies was for Lait and Mortimer to give the Post an interview, Mortimer replied darkly: ". . . Your . . . letter . . . has been referred to our attorney for his attention." Last week, the oft-sued Lait and Mortimer became plaintiffs themselves: they began suits against the Post for $1,000,000 (half for each author). They had been libeled, said their suits...