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Word: avoidance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...publish this note, kindly do not mention my name as I have spent these last years endeavoring to avoid unwelcome notoriety and the gushing missives of American flappers incurred because of the fact that I happen to be the only American officer in the Legion and of the false romantic reputation which the Legion has acquired in America due both to the absurd cinema productions which have attempted to picture our life and the mendacious writings of Christopher Wren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 21, 1928 | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

Clearly the Brazilian premise is pure "sour grapes," but the Brazilian conclusion voices a pernicious doctrine. It suggests that League states may avoid unwelcome responsibilities by dropping out of the League, and yet expect to continue to reap many of the advantages of League membership by "collaborating," in the manner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Brazil Out | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...actual writing of the book is, of course, as good as the author"s prose can be, and that is good enough for anyone. But if you liked "South Wind," you had better rearead it, and avoid the disappointment that "In the Beginning" is sure to bring...

Author: By G. P., | Title: Late Spring Novels | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...instance, the strictest necessity a true scientific method is to avoid assuming that a merely coincident factor or condition is a cause. To prove scientificaly that crime is due to endocrinal defects, one would have to show not only that all criminals are defective in that respect, but that all endocrinal defectives are criminals! It may be so, but it is far from proved...

Author: By Isabel Paterson, | Title: BOOKS and OTHER THINGS | 5/17/1928 | See Source »

Woodchucks, muskrats, beavers, dogs, etc. .25 Steel jacketed (to avoid marring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Self-Loader | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

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