Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Long after the applause died down, a muttering arose from the judges' stand. Pilot Turner, the other contestants, judges, timers, umpires were called into huddle. Had Turner cut inside a distant pylon? He readily admitted that he had, to avoid smacking into Wedell. But on his next lap he had circled that pylon twice (as witnesses saw) and still won by more than a mile. Nevertheless, said the judges, pylons are pylons and rules are rules. Prize money, trophy, title were taken from Turner, handed to Wedell...
...Devil's in Love (Fox). If the French Government were as particular about such matters as Mussolini-who suggested to Paramount that A Farewell to Arms avoid showing the Italian Army in a rout-Hollywood would be compelled to take a different attitude toward the Foreign Legion. In the cinema this organization is shown to be a compromise between a sanatorium and a Wild West show. Its members when they are not busy forgetting unpleasant pasts are busy forgetting their duties as soldiers while they murder one another and misbehave with ladies...
Operating on a smaller scale than during the regular year means less profit especially during the summer sine the rate is a dollar lower for the twenty-one meals a week. Certainly the University Dining Halls know enough economics to avoid a loss for one period in the hope that in the end the deflcit will be covered, and certainly the summer school is eager to stay out of the red this year. It is not unreasonable to suppose that somewhere there must be a sacrifice for economy...
...often been made by students who feel that the improvement would be more than worth the extra charge, and should be entertained more seriously than hitherto. Instead of furnishing menus that are just sufficiently tempting to keep back a torrent of complaints, Lehman Hall would do well to avoid the appearance of making reductions for the students' benefit and provide more attractive meals, regardless of the inconsequential increase in price...
...after the House Masters at Harvard have virtually begged to have beer in the Dining Halls and it is known that some of the highest officials in University Hall see no objections, nothing has been done. Much talk was made about getting a license quietly to avoid open clash with local merchants and people who have not sympathy for the College because educational institutions are not required to pay taxes...