Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...foreign nation." Proof of this is shown by the fact that Cheng Haseuh-Tiang, vice-commander-in-chief of the army of China, from the first clash with the Japanese, made every effort to get out of fighting, ordered the troops to remain in the barracks, and tried to avoid trouble as much as was possible, relying on the League of Nations to interfere...
...Stadium, it was pointed out, would tend to commercialize college football. While in sympathy with the movement to relieve the unemployed, officials of the Athletic Association felt that nothing could be spared from the proceeds of this season's games, since the Association feels "it would be fortunate to avoid a deficit for the year...
From the Rapidan camp he motored to Martinsburg, W. Va., boarded a special train. Only his immediate staff was with him. So anxious was the President to avoid being caught up and delayed by Legion ceremonies that he had the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. slow up the train as it neared Detroit. With hardly a moment to spare, he arrived shortly after 11 a. m., drove immediately to Olympia Arena through yowling crowds, stepped up on the rostrum and with many a decisive shake of his square head gravely told the American Legion what he expected of it. Excerpts...
...years Folke roamed the countryside on horseback, looking for the boy. After 24 years, as he was dying, he found his grandson well and happy, serving as the King's secretary. The Milles Folke Filbyter grips a weary horse between his knees. The horse, swinging sideways to avoid rough going in the road, is balanced by the figure of Folke, who leans outward and downward, searching the road in another direction. There is a tragic bend and twist and movement to the piece seldom found in an equestrian statue...
Since the automobile first became an object of taxation, States have spent much of the money derived from motor taxes to build and maintain State highways. These highways run through rural districts and avoid the cities, or stop at their outskirts, though more than 50% of all motor vehicles are registered in cities and towns of over 10,000 population. Last week the American Automobile Association proposed a new system: that States treat trunk-line thoroughfares in cities as a part of the State highway systems; that these trunk lines through congested areas be built with funds from State motor...