Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Each Armistice Day reminds us of the World War and the awful toll of death and suffering it brought to all humanity. If we are to avoid another such holocaust and if peace is to be maintained in Europe, a continent now fraught with jealousies and ripe for another conflict, there must be real disarmament. All the treaties and pacts in the world renouncing war will not suffice unless they provide for concrete reductions in military forces by all nations," continued Senator Walsh...
Revise to Avoid Wat. Finally II Duce hurled at his French enemies the doctrine they most heartily detest. "Our policy of revision of the treaties [i. e. Versailles, Trianon, St. Germain, Neuilly] . . ." he said, "aims at avoiding war. The revision of the peace treaties is not prevailingly of interest to Italy, but interests the whole of Europe and the whole world. Revision is not absurd or impossible, since the possibility of revision is contemplated in the Covenant of the League of Nations. The only absurd thing is to expect treaties to remain absolutely immobile...
...because he was good at cyphers and puzzles, he was sent to St. Petersburg under Sir George Buchanan as Secretary to the Ambassador, a post created for him to avoid his taking a Foreign Office examination. It is his boast that he was the last man officially presented to the Tsar at court...
...Park Street subway at five o'clock, a mass of disgruntled humanity, annoyed and hot, but still hoping fully that the agony may not be too prolonged. The same stock argument may be advanced in defense of the Athletic Association. Why don't the students come early and avoid the rush? And the same answer is forthcoming--it is a simple case of human inertia...
...usual parietal rules, which restrict the taking of guests into dormitory rooms, will be in effect during these luncheons and teas. Roy L. Westcott, manager of the University dining hall service, has asked that all undergraduates who can to lunch as early as possible to avoid congestion...