Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Avoid fried meats, which angry up the blood...
...Avoid running at all times...
Writers are crisply advised to avoid cliches and never, never to use such tired words as "shambles" (a "scene of slaughter, not merely a wrecked place") or "hike" for a wage or price increase ("A hike is a tramp and a tramp is a bum and bum is the word for hike"). They are also warned against words that may trip up printers, e.g., towhead. Thus, one story in the Times said: "To bright, two-headed youngsters . . ." Wrote Bernstein: "Use 'blond,' 'flaxen-haired'-anything...
...From a technical point of view, a witness who relies exclusively upon the First Amendment may not avoid a committee citation for contempt. Hence, so many witnesses in recent years have relied upon the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states that persons may not be required to act as witnesses against themselves. It is particularly appropriate to assert the privilege here since it had its origins in the protection of political and religious dissidence in the Puritan period in England...
Pessimistic View. The quick agreements in the auto industry were measures of the automen's good profits and confidence in the future. A month ago Reuther wrote the top automakers complaining that auto output was too high and should be eased to avoid "mass layoffs" in the second half of the year. But last week G.M.'s President Harlow Curtice answered Reuther with an optimistic letter: "I do not share [your] pessimistic view .. . We expect that employment in our various plants will continue at approximately current levels throughout the . . . year...