Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...land, Mr. Williams expostulated that by "class warfare" he means such accomplished facts as collective bargaining, "the clash of employe and employer, the clash of one industrial group against another. . . . There are other forms than class warfare of solving these problems, but realistically, it may not be possible to avoid...
Said Playwright Shaw: "I am going to teach Americans one of the things they don't know-how to put English drama on the screen. Every word will be written by me. Not the least regard will be paid to American ideas, except to avoid them as much as possible...
...Foreign military and naval observers have long admired him for his ability to avoid capture for two years without entering a Confederate port...
While quick-thinking Police Clerk Dwyer announced to Washington newshawks that his newly famed wife had placed the bet for an undisclosed friend to whom she had to turn over her winnings, the two women went into hiding to avoid salesmen and reporters...
...mineral oil, milk of magnesia, cascara sagrada. "Least objectionable" for habitual constipation is agar, a dried mucilaginous extract of East Asian seaweed, which produces a large bland bulk in the bowel. "Mineral waters, whether natural or artificial, should not be used. . . ." Dr. Aaron went on to advise readers to avoid any cathartic pills that contain aloe, aloin (both somewhat irritant drugs), or strychnine; also any laxative chocolates, candies, chewing gums that contain phenolphthalein, a tasteless drug which stimulates peristalsis. Castor oil and calomel are drastic cathartics, should be taken only on advice of a physician. Children should not be given...