Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...facilities. A blanket fee at Harvard, which would incidentally get rid of some of the present red tape, would induce many of the men, who do not now exercise, to utilize the recreational opportunities which they have hitherto for one or another reason chosen to ignore or avoid. In particular a number of the Freshmen, who, after taking their year of free compulsory exercise, balk at the sight of a fee suddenly thrust in front of them as Sophomores, would continue to exercise if they were to be charged anyway. Of course, those incapable of exercising should be absolved from...
...else's expenditures. He glanced back, and realized that she did dance divinely, and looked a bit more beautiful tonight . . . it couldn't be just clothes. There was Freddie. Freddie had made the punch, and had been under the necessity of tasting it. Perhaps it would be better to avoid Freddie...
...taxes now imposed on certain 'articles be extended and in part replaced by a general uniform tax (excluding food). The annual yield of such a general tax at 2 1/4% would be approximately $355,000,000. The additional $492,000,000 of revenue produced in this way will avoid a further in crease in the public debt [i. e.-balance the budget...
...sparingly at these dinners. I avoid the thick filet mignons, the rich dressings and the heavy food. At from 10:15 to 10:30 o'clock I say good night. If the occasion happens to be a dance I may sit in my box till midnight but never later. My rule is that I must be in bed between 11 and 12. I must keep in training, almost like an athlete. My exercise is obtained from walking. About two o'clock every afternoon I leave my office at the Capitol and walk briskly for a mile or more...
...Ministers] have appeared to lose the faculty of decision. That seems to be one of the faculties that wear out soonest. To decide makes a considerable strain on the nervous force and the strain increases with apprehended unpopularity of the decision. Then ensues a search for some means to avoid effort. Postponement in its various forms is welcomed. Some so-called compromise is adopted which leaves all difficulties unsolved. Or a royal commission is appointed. Or the state of business in the House of Commons is declared to make action impossible. Or the matter is simply adjourned...