Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...every month until the 1926 general price level was reached. Such a measure would wreck the President's monetary plans. Furthermore it would bring about a first-rate quarrel between him and his outgoing Congress. Both things he wanted to avoid...
...them. One such is the News' "eminent astrologer," Wynn (Sidney K. Bennett, who rates himself above the late Evangeline Adams), with daily advice such as: ". . . Be sure all your policies are for the good of others in addition to yourself and go ahead definitely toward a worthy goal! Avoid temper." Wynn also offered a free "personal horoscope" to all comers. Last December that offer was discontinued. Readers set up such a howl that the News renewed the offer last month...
...Court's opinion, welcomed by many a rich actor and actress anxious to avoid high brackets, found "no valid reason to doubt the testimony of the taxpayer," unprecedentedly recognized the value to an actor of the patronage of newspaper men, clubwomen, social leaders, White House physicians, Cabinet members, politicians...
...pilot a balloon ascension near Detroit this summer. With her will go her husband to make scientific observations. Said Mrs. Piccard: "There really isn't much danger. . . . I'll know my two children are in good hands while I'm gone. We are anxious to avoid having to land in the ocean. And I'll be the one to worry about that...
Others pick small places sometimes out of sentimental attachment, sometimes to avoid high taxes, as does the Southern Pacific. Sometimes, too, they pick them to avoid being annoyed by stockholders. It would seem logical that Delaware, home of corporations, would have the most meetings. But Delaware's liberal incorporation laws allow companies to hold their meetings outside the State if they choose...