Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Avoid Probate, Dacey...
...purpose: to discuss means by which a democratic process could be organized. Ky also hoped that the delegates would provide a counterweight to the Buddhists, a hope that seemed considerably encouraged when the Buddhists boycotted the meeting and only 117 delegates showed up. But to hedge his bet and avoid further violence in the streets, Ky also quietly began negotiating directly with the Buddhist leaders...
...highlight will come May 3, the Polish national holiday, when thousands of Poles will journey to the Jasna Gora monastery in Czestochowa, home of the nationally cherished "Black Madonna." The Communist regime of Wladyslaw Gomulka, which has conducted a running feud with the church, is desperately anxious to avoid or at least diminish any public demonstration of Roman Catholic power in Poland. Last week, as the church began the first of its millennium celebrations, the Communists were busy creating every imaginable block and trying to convert the millennium into a purely secular "Polish state" occasion...
...Your millionaires could do a great deal better than founding hospitals, endowing universities and building libraries by starting some good national newspaper that would give correct news that would aid in forming national sentiment. My advice to the young correspondent? Verify your quotations and avoid split infinitives...
...simultaneously for a large number of professors. The lack of planning coordination within the English Department has been increased by the two-year rotation of chairmen. It should be the duty of the chairman of the department to see that sabbaticals are spread evenly over the years and to avoid creating professorial gaps in any one area...