Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...force," he told Fanfani. "Now that I am stronger than you are, I don't see why I should do any such thing." Knowing that the Communists would throw their bloc of nearly 200 votes to Gronchi on the next ballot, Fanfani and Scelba gave up. To avoid the humiliation of a public defeat at the hands of the Communists and Socialists, they agreed to switch what votes they still controlled to Gronchi. Fanfani went to Gronchi and embraced him. When the last ballot was counted, Gronchi had a thumping 658 votes out of the possible...
BRITAIN'S general election comes up May 26, and the Conservative and Labor (Socialist) Parties published their platform this week. Sir Anthony Eden's Conservatives utter a set of pious bromides about their love of peace and determination to avoid war. To that end, they propose to seek early talks with the Kremlin mob on easing world tensions. Nothing is said about the Kremlin mob showing evidence of good faith before such talks are held. The Conservatives hint broadly that they'll heed the Socialists' demand to cut the conscription period from the present two years...
Halliday indicated yesterday that the Brattle should have no trouble winning its case on constitutional grounds. The danger, he said, is that the Massachusetts courts, which try to avoid constitutional issues, might side-track the case in questions of procedure. In the lower courts, the Brattle was defeated on procedural grounds...
Peter B. Barlow '58 and Robert D. Storey '58, leaders of the group, refused to comment on why they had cancelled the excursion, but one member of the group explained that the planners had decided to cancel the trip to avoid "ill feelings" after pressure from the Jubilee Committee...
...Nehru's careful plans tumbled around his ears. Pakistan's Mohammed Ali, arriving late, objected to Nehru's plan to avoid controversial questions and to skip opening speeches. Turkey's Fatin Rustu Zorlu said coldly that Turkey was not ready to accept decisions taken in its absence. "We have traveled a long way, and we want to be heard," said Liberia's Momolu Dukuly. Angrily, Nehru stalked out of the room, snapping, "The trouble with this conference is that there are too many people here with a U.N. mentality...