Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...representations to the U. S. State Department, claiming that Factor's abduction was a ruse under which he was making an escape to Mexico in order to avoid extradition to England, where charges resulting from the $7,000,000 coup are pending. But Jake the Barber was neither in Oklahoma, Virginia, Florida or Mexico. He never left Illinois. An unnamed friend turned over $50,000 to some unnamed men in an automobile, reputedly at Hinsdale, western Chicago suburb. After twelve days in captivity. Factor was released at La Grange, 111., three blocks from the police station. His clothes were...
...help make it "all over," President Roosevelt for the first time since taking office came out with a public announcement of his position on Repeal. To avoid stirring up unnecessary dissensions within his own party, he had refrained from blunt utterances on the matter while Congress was in session, contented himself with broad hints that if the 18th Amendment were revoked by Jan. 1, he would drop special emergency taxes on gasoline, dividends, corporate profits to finance the Federal building program (TIME. May 29). Last week he took occasion to telegraph National Committeeman Leon McCord of Alabama...
Most German clerical observers seemed to feel that the Nazi State had yielded just enough to Rome to avoid open struggle with a potentially dangerous enemy. Meanwhile non-Nazi Protestants were ruthlessly hounded last week. Theological students at the Berlin University were told: "You will never get a pastorate unless you join the 'German Christians'" (Nazi Protestants). All over Germany non-Nazi pastors received notice that "You have only until July 15th to join the German Christians." After that non-joiners were expected to be forcibly deprived of their pastorates...
...hooey." To another assemblage Howard Scott the Technocrat glided and, despite objections, mounted its platform. A hotel detective came running to stop the clamor. Howard Scott the Technocrat left. Then, rapidly, General Westervelt was obliged to go to Washington on Government business. Clarence Darrow was "tickled to death" to avoid the Technocrat banquet. Eventually the only ones ready to eat were Howard Scott the Technocrat and his loyal men. But they would not, or could not, pay for 500 Hotel Morrison banquet covers. Nor was there anyone else whom the Chief Caterer could find willing or able...
...blew first on one mouthpiece and then on the other, getting a four-octave range as against the two and a half octaves possible on a normal tuba. Two tubamen can play on Bell's instrument at the same time but they would have to be ambidextrous to avoid interference on the single set of valves...