Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have no intention of committing the incoming administration. ... I would be glad if you could designate Mr. Owen D. Young, Colonel House or any other man of your party to sit with the principal officers of this administration in an endeavor to see what steps can be taken to avoid delays of precious time...
President-elect Roosevelt: There remains before March only the possibility of exploratory work and preliminary surveys. ... I am glad to avoid the loss of precious time through delay in starting these preliminaries. . . . However for me to accept any joint responsibility in the work of exploration might well be construed by other nations as a commitment -moral, even though not legal-as to policies and courses of action. . . . The designation of a man or men of such eminence as your telegram suggests would not imply mere fact-findings; it would suggest the presumption that such representatives were empowered to exchange views...
...former Home Minister (in the Minseito Cabinet of saké-drinking Reijiro Wakatsuki) who years ago won the nickname of Senkyo no Kamisama or "God of Elections" by his skill in managing the outcome of local elections. Thirteen months ago the God of Elections resigned from the Minseito to avoid expulsion after dickering with the Seiyukai Party to form a Coalition Cabinet. Japanese Fascism, the Kokumin Domei or National League, is his latest idea. Its flag: a golden eagle on a light brown background. Its uniform: black belted jacket, striped trousers, military cap. Its program: replacement of the Cabinet...
...owners of Gimbel and Saks stores in Manhattan and department stores in Pittsburgh. Philadelphia, Milwaukee. William Howard, who resigned as Macy's advertising manager to go in the proposed new Collins agency, will go with him to Gimbel's as his assistant.* Possibly to celebrate but probably to avoid answering tedious questions both Mr. Collins & Mr. Howard promptly sailed for Bermuda after the announcement, will remain there until after New Year's. Mr. Collins had his private telephone number changed. On the day of his departure not even his new employers could get in touch with...
...Mihiel, and in the Argonne." From this M. Herriot made a smooth transition to: "Messieurs! The Premier of France has come before you to ask you to honor the thing which is more sacred than anything else -the Signature of France. I personally refuse to dishonor it. ... We must avoid the isolation which surely would follow default." But the possibility of default loomed larger and larger. Premier Herriot, ignoring the Stimson "No" to Britain's first note, prepared a note nearly identical in import, confidently submitted it to the committees on Finance and Foreign Affairs. While they grappled...