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Word: avoider (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enforced by the honor system, come much more frequently. It is almost common practice for girls to come in at 1:30 a.m. and enter 1:00 in the sign-out book. Freshmen, with limited late permission during the first semester, sometimes don't even bother signing out to avoid using up these precious...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Honor Bright | 11/25/1953 | See Source »

...plan was worthy of the Moscow-trained coup d'état experts who prepared it, but for one fatal flaw: Major General Farhat Dadsetan, Teheran's smart military governor, knew all about it from his secret agents in the Resistance. He summoned his commanders, told them to avoid gunfire if possible, so as to deny the Reds martyrdom. But if they had to shoot, the troops were to shoot to kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Plot That Failed | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...schools would be identified in the book, and only four colleges refused a request to participate in the canvass. One of these had a strict regulation against drinking; hence it was afraid that its undergraduates would emulate their professors by seeking the protection of the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering the questionnaires...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Yale Center of Alcohol Studies Investigates Drinking Habits of Carefree Undergraduates | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

Groups representting each dormitory will sing one original song. Names of the judges have been carefully concealed to avoid bribes, but careful use of the Ouija Board reveals that one will be dean of residence Emily Lacey '49. The prizes are also un-announced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Dormitories to Hold Raucous Sing-'em-up on Quad | 11/19/1953 | See Source »

...bantam-sized (5 ft. 5 in., 128 Ibs.) editor, Louis Seltzer, who started on the Press at 18 as a police reporter, and at 56 is Cleveland's leading citizen. Even the rare Clevelander who does not read Seltzer's paper or support his crusades can hardly avoid the sound of Seltzer's persuasive voice. He is such a popular public speaker that he delivers as many as seven speeches in one day, this year alone has made 246 public addresses. Known to most of Cleveland and to all his staff simply as "Louie," Seltzer relies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Home-Town Daily | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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