Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...purpose of the Committee for Industrial Organization," stated that body, "to conduct this campaign in a perfectly legal manner. . . . The Committee desires to avoid industrial strife and disturbance or violence of any character...
...avoid Edward VIII's being called King of Canada, King of New Zealand, King of Ireland, etc., his title is ingeniously compressed and arranged backward.* Last week His Majesty ordered that the actual situation created by enactment of the Statute of Westminster (TIME, Dec. 14, 1931 ) be squarely faced. Under this statute Edward VIII is a multiple monarch, separately King of each "country," separately acting upon the advice of its Premier. Therefore by royal command last week the age-old Coronation ceremonial will be overhauled and altered enough to make each Dominion feel that its King is being crowned...
...pools in which the sick bathe, causes a skin irritation which is almost impossible to cure unless the physiotherapist keeps, out of the water entirely. If the patient exercises alone in a small raised pool, the attendant must stoop over to give treatments and this often develops backaches. To avoid backaches and skin troubles, smart hydrotherapists wear cotton athletic suits inside light-weight waterproof waders which cover them from soles to armpits...
...Reed was accused of gambling, but the case was dismissed for want of evidence. Mr. Reed now appealed to Justice Bonynge for a declaratory judgment approving his business. Justice Bonynge wrote a decision which made brisk reading. Excerpts: "The plaintiff operates under an ingeniously devised scheme, deliberately contrived to avoid the pitfalls of the Penal Law. In a word, he sells purchase options upon each dog in a race and, if these are not exercised, buys back such as he may elect at prices determined by him. Strange as it may seem, a considerable number of these options are actually...
...Princeton Athletic Association, which started the Invitation Track Meet two years ago, this year, to avoid charges of commercialization, invited spectators as well as contestants to be non-paying guests. The day of the meet dawned so cold and rainy that only 30,000 of the 50,000 who had reserved free seats turned up in the stands. Puddles on the track dimmed the enticing possibility that the meet's feature race, the mile between Cunningham, Venzke and Bonthron, would produce a record. It failed to do so. Venzke...