Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...resignation were accepted under these conditions, Harvard's reputation and prestige would be seriously injured. If it were not accepted, it would embroil the University in the legal and political battle which the administration wishes to avoid...
...gold standard will return to that standard; 3) that we will not further debase our own gold monetary unit but will continue with our so-called 59? gold dollar." These assumptions implied that "within a reasonable time we will balance our budget and will thereby avoid any runaway inflation...
...written at different periods, tend to become repetitious, and since Ellis' underlying argument is not convincingly proved. Ellis considers Rousseau one of the most influential men in history. He carefully recapitulates the arguments that hold this influence has been pernicious, admits that ''it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that . . . Rousseau has represented a backward movement in civilisation." Rousseau's influence "tended to depreciate the value of the mighty instrument of reason." By casting off restraints on emotion, it has led to an "unwholesome divorce between the extravagancies of feeling and the limitations of life." Most...
...vote of the Faculty Council. The former vacation periiod made it necessary for students to return for classes on Friday and Saturday, so the Council followed a precedent of five years ago, when the end of the vacation was changed from January 2 to January 4 in order to avoid the necessity of returning for classes on Saturday...
Approximately 200 Freshmen will find themselves in a position to avoid English A next fall as a result of a Faculty Council meeting Monday...