Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...manifestly impossible that the sons and daughters of Israel can dissociate their feelings from their artistic judgment at a concert directed by a man whom they regard as an enemy of their race. To avoid painful experiences they will take the simple and logical course of staying away from these concerts. And if they abandon the Philharmonic-Symphony Society, it will perish. There is no musical enterprise of any kind whatever that can prosper in this great Jewish city without the support of the Jews...
Investigation revealed that they will not find the blue coats unprepared, however. It is reported that police will spare no efforts to nip the demonstration in the bud, and thus avoid any disturbance. Reached at his home at a late hour last night, Inspector Goulston of the Red Squad declined to comment...
What is the reader to decide about Allegra and Byron, now that moralistic criticism is out of fashion? One is always at loss somehow in endeavoring to avoid becoming the Pharisee and declaring self-righteously, "There, but for the grace of God, go I." For the Romantics were good poets but very unlovely men, and Byron was the most unmanageable of the lot. Despite his years at Harrow and at Cambridge, Byron never quite learned what was cricket and what was not. If many of his acts had been committed by anyone other than a poet, that person would long...
...provided for in his budget, he declared that any money used for that purpose should properly come out of relief funds. Congressional pain at the veto was considerably alleviated when a few days later he allocated $30,000,000 from relief funds for crop loans. Further to avoid charges of lax spending, the President privately passed word to his friends, Senator Wagner who has a $200,000,000 housing project and Senator Norris who has a $100,000,000 yearly electric power plan, that their money demands must be reduced...
...hope both officials and the people will avoid spreading wild rumors and will cooperate in the maintenance of peace...