Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cleveland of Earl Browder, head of the U. S. Communist party, who appeared with a polite proposal that the Communists and Socialists unite on a ticket for 1936 to be headed by Norman Thomas and Earl Browder. To this Mr. Thomas turned a cold shoulder, preferring if possible to avoid a new split in his party. The Communists, said he, "have suddenly changed from a disruptive role in the unions, from accent on inevitable great-scale violence and party dictatorship to a wiser role in the unions, but in politics to a bewilderingly opportunistic role. Their accent...
...judge perfunctorily fined Editor Maurras $13, sentenced him to eight more months in jail. The hatred and fear roused in French Tories by the prospect of Socialist Leon Blum's Government last week served thrifty Paris socialites as an excuse to cancel big weddings and balls "to avoid provoking the Reds." Wealthy children in Paris' swank Pare Monceau marched around chanting derisively: "Blum! Blum! Blum...
...students who most need assistance has been recognized, and that help will be granted. It is to be hoped that the trend of reform which started two years ago and which has been considerably strengthened over the week-end, will continue until the Class of 1941 or '42 can avoid most of the struggle of readjustment which has been disastrous to so many who have preceded them...
...Highest Seventh" plan through a September examination, the committee felt that the stress on composition ability alone in the September examination would probably enable some of those men receiving a grade of less than 75 on the college board examination because of deficiency in literary knowledge to successfully avoid English...
...Italo-Ethiopian crisis President Roosevelt, strongly backed by tremendous public opinion which denied or relinquished any, and every, entangling interest in the conflict, applied embargoes on munitions of war and warned passengers travelling on belligerent vessels that they did so at their own risk. No effort was spared to avoid any possible friction which might unduly antagonize American opinion. That effort has continued up to the past week when the Ethiopians were forced to evacuate their own capital...