Word: avoided
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quota by the end of the year. Whether that order will be fulfilled remains uncertain, but Pravda last week sounded a note familiar to Western readers: "Let every person who produces fuel or uses electrical or fuel energy ask himself: Has he done everything to raise production and avoid waste...
ALTHOUGH "non-cooperation" was one of the day's many buzzwords, both sides had taken pains to avoid violence. After joining "affinity groups" of 10 to 20 people, all participants in the occupation attempt had received eight-hour training sessions in civil disobedience, with an emphasis on getting the point of the protest across without provoking police. There were strict groundrules: no alcohol, no drugs; no destruction of LILCO property, and above all, no running--that might cause panic...
...given specific instructions in the memo, but one cameraman admitted that it was under orders not to show the huge crowds that turned out for the Pope. In one case, TV cameras had to remain fixed on the Pope's hovering helicopter for several minutes to avoid any crowd shots...
Chafin added the University police wanted to avoid a repeat of last year, when several Summer School students were assaulted on Harvard's bordering property...
Among graduate school libraries, Andover Library at the Divinity School is worth the trek if you really want to avoid humanity-in the older section of its stacks you may be the only person on the floor for hours on end. At the Education School's Gutman Library the walls are as brightly colored as a modern elementary school's, but the chairs are comfy. If you own a briefcase you'll look like everyone else at Baker Library at the Business School, but a number of undergraduates swear by it. The Public Affairs Library at the Kennedy School...