Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...traditionally red-lit, back-of-the-barroom pads along Gary's Washington Street-at Gus's Lounge, the Club Little Island and the Central Cafe-the girls charge $20 to $100 and work in shifts to avoid occupational fatigue. Outside, Negro boys, few older than ten, lead the way to Adams and Jefferson Streets, just around the corner, where their sisters stand in the doorways or sit by the windows-waving, winking, blowing kisses and tapping on the windows at potential Johns. At the sleazier local hotels, the guests all seem to be named "Mr. and Mrs. Smith...
...U.S.A.") gently by the hand to a real wingding of a time. He directs them to restaurants that will give them the red carpet and offers them personal introductions to a champagne magnate. He devotes whole sections to showing them how not to make fools of themselves, how to avoid being cheated, how to act with customs inspectors ("Keep your mouth shut"), and even how to beat the airlines out of excess-luggage charges (stuff heavy articles into coat sleeves, tie knots in the sleeves, carry the coat...
...confession 2½ hours later. Though warned of his right to counsel, Westover was not allowed to exercise it; he was held incommunicado for eleven days before being arraigned. He drew a 30-year sentence. Westover's case raises the issue of FBI collusion with local police to avoid the Mallory rule...
...classes and extracurricular activities for freshmen to meet older students. But many freshmen who would like to meet them don't, as the HUC's poll indicated. An alternative proposed by the Council is to have groups of juniors and seniors assigned to dorm entries. This plan would avoid the disciplinary problems that might arise with an undergraduate proctor system, and, if the "dorm affiliates" were adopt, it would have all the same advantages...
...more sensible and efficient system would permit all students, upon display of student identification, to avoid the tax while purchasing books in general. The distinction between "required" and "non-required" books is silly; students should be encouraged to read as widely as possible. Books needed for research or for audited courses do not fit the "required" category, yet students deciding on the margin whether or not to purchase such books not be discouraged from doing...