Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President may, but a Postmaster General may not, disjoint the noses of too many local party followers. On his way West Mr. Farley ingenuously admitted that he would "say a few kind words for Hiram," but would deliberately avoid Wisconsin, leaving that State to "The Boss...
...called because the stampless envelopes are inscribed: "Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage...
Willoughby Corbo was a by-blow. His father was a noble wastrel, his mother a cook. To avoid the unwonted inconveniences of parentage, Lord Ollebeare foisted off his bastard on a childless brother, a mean but respectable citizen, and thought no more about it. Willoughby's education was informal. His mentors were a coachman, whom he admired, a butler, whom he hated, and the books in his foster-father's library. At 20, without benefit of university, he was sent into the world to make his living. Willoughby's first and only job was as private secretary...
...John cabled to Berlin and Warsaw, instructing His Majesty's ambassadors in the two capitals to bring the Eastern Locarno strongly to the attention of those governments. Poland, which must do as France and Russia wish in any case, was thus subjected to formal urging so as to avoid seeming to crack down exclusively on Adolf Hitler...
London Bridge is Falling is more pretentious. A romance of 15th Century London, it ranks with such historical efforts as The Fool of Venus (TIME, March 19). Author Lindsay has been more careful to avoid anachronism than unreality, though he has thought it better to tone down the broad King's English of the day. The hero, a grocer's son turned soldier, comes back to his paternal home on London Bridge after a ten-year absence, to find his betrothed wed to an old curmudgeon, to get himself hopelessly entangled with his best friend's fianc...