Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Franklin Roosevelt wish to avoid having his appointment considered by the Senate during an adjournment rush...
...bought by the Duke of Windsor for his Duchess: 225,000 francs ($8,300). . . . Greatest achievement from the standpoint of Exposition engineering: although the fair is in the very centre of Paris, normal city traffic is not interfered with, passes through subterranean tunnels or overhead bridges which completely avoid exposition structures or traffic. . . . Most irrepressibly Parisian novelty shown: a pair of women's patent leather pumps with the tongues representing Leon Blum wearing a red tie, these shoes priced at 1,000 francs ($37.50) the pair and displayed to the public in a bird cage...
...economic value would be marked by its triple characteristics-universality; permanence; independence. . . . It would have to be as independent as possible of nationalistic influence. . . . Neither lowering of customs barriers, nor any other partial measure would put an end to the disorders which threaten peace. If we are really to avoid war and bring back humanity to more peaceful sentiments, we must have the courage to face economic questions in their broadest aspect and find a solution for such great problems threatening peace as these...
Shanghai, China: Do not go into side streets or alleyways and especially avoid solicitations of rickshaw pullers and boatmen...
...Hartman and Osser-man-Taub anesthetics pointed out that, 1) it is doubtful that dentine contains nerve tissues, 2) the chemicals do not always work, 3) such news makes patients expect too much of a dentist. Commented Dr. Fred R. Adams of Manhattan: "Our problem is not how to avoid causing pain, for we now know how to do that, but to educate the patients to forget the fear which has developed through several generations of pain expectation...