Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...little use had Mr. Peek for their ideas that he had practically picked a separate AAA staff to avoid having to deal with the Braintrusters. Unable on his part to oust Mr. Frank, one of his most outright opponents, he had retained at his own expense Frederic Lee as his personal counsel. First result of the two factions working at cross purposes was virtual sabotage of the AAA program. The Braintrusters held up codes for packers and food distributors because they wanted stiff provisions to socialize those industries. Mr. Peek held back on crop restriction plans because he wanted more...
...Tugwell who wants honest labeling written into the food codes and has for the same purpose drafted a food & drugs bill which last week was misbranded in Congressional hearings as the "Copeland Bill." Their strategy is to get as much done as possible under the guise of "Liberalism," to avoid the honest label of socialism. They want to avoid making trouble for the President, to avoid noise at their work, for the presumption remains that the U. S. electorate will not knowingly stand for Socialism...
...jail for manslaughter, she reënters the house on 56th Street 20 years later as a lady black-jack dealer, plays cards against a grown daughter who has been taught to think her mother dead. When the daughter (Margaret Lindsay) shoots Peggy's partner (Ricardo Cortez) to avoid paying her losses, Peggy is again on hand, ready to take what the cinema calls "the rap." Typical shot: handsome Kay Francis explaining to Margaret Lindsay that "I'm the best friend you ever...
...that Marxism has been exorcised, the Catholic Church very cleverly ceases active support of Dollfuss, whose only opponents are the Nazis. Thus they avoid a possible loss of favor, should the Nazis win. The issue is now between Austrian capitalism and Austro-German capitalism. The Church has conclusively proved that its interest was not in Austria, but in capitalist, Austria...
Nevertheless, the annoyance provoked by Newsman Evans indicated that the merger had progressed and that, probably, only the Tribune's kind of noise was likely to prevent it. Typical Tribune scare: that the merger would enable the University of Chicago to avoid $300,000 of taxes by getting under Northwestern's liberal tax-free charter...