Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...world's social conscience may well rejoice when it hears the glad tidings that the international crisis has at last penetrated the cloister walls of that Wellesley-satellite, Pine Manor. The powers-that-be have decided to postpone their production of Archibald MacLeish's "Air Raid" in order "to avoid complicating the international situation...
...avoid upsetting the stockmarket, announcement of the Fleet order was withheld until after noon Saturday (see p. 17). But at 10:30 a.m. correspondents covering the State Department were told to go over to the White House offices. Secretary Hull crossed the street ahead of the newshawks. Also seated in the President's office when the press was admitted were UnderSecretary Welles and Chairman Key Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. When 25 correspondents had filed in (usually there are more than 100), President Roosevelt asked in surprise: "Where are they all?" The White House had outdone itself...
...could not help but appreciate the editorial from a St. Joseph newspaper that Mr. Wadlow showed me. In substance it mentioned the fact that Lindbergh could not stand the strain of the public and the publicity and, to avoid it, finally went to England where he could be more secluded. But, the editorial added, Lindbergh was not subjected to the same type of public attention that Robert Wadlow is. He (Robert) whenever in public, is gaped at, is always surrounded by people. But with all this, he maintains a pleasant and friendly disposition...
...tiny troop-packed Hungarian village of Debreczen one morning last week the earth quaked, chimneys tumbled, ceilings crumbled, pictures fell. Excited villagers, thinking war had come at last, leaped from their beds and ran down into cellars to avoid bomb splinters. No sooner had they discovered their mistake than Hungary actually was at war. The quake lasted 40 minutes, the war three days. Neither did much damage...
...avoid scenes at table, serve attractive, tasty dishes in small helpings, be cheerful, never nag. If a child still fails to eat, remove his plate after 20 minutes without comment...