Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...revolutionary land reform law (TIME, Sept. 22) as sound, contradicting many more hesitant experts who said it was politically smart but economically risky. He also declared that Naguib was a great man and Egypt's economy was basically healthy. His prescription for Egypt: work hard, increase production, avoid useless expenditures. It sounded simple, but U.S. economists and Point Four experts have also found that for the "backward nations" simple remedies are the best. At any rate, psychologically, Dr. Schacht's words had a strong tonic effect. After four days, during which he made more detailed recommendations, the busy...
...teachers did their best to avoid answering. They invoked the First, Fifth, Sixth and 13th Amendments to the Constitution. In the end, 18 of them took refuge in the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer. As they testified, they knew that the New York City board of education was listening. The board contends that under the city charter, any municipal employee-cop, teacher, fireman or bureaucrat-who refuses to answer on the ground of self-incrimination may be fired from...
...north, headed south into Kiel Bay to interdict a simulated enemy attack across the Kiel Canal into Denmark. Since the east end of the canal is only 40 miles from the East German frontier, Mainbrace's planes were unarmed and the pilots were sternly warned to avoid Soviet territory...
...Backseat drivers are much the same (cave wife being dragged by caveman: "Avoid loose stones, and watch out for the Brontosaurus round the corner...
...zoning laws--Curry, thanks to a number of years as administrator of Boston Latin and other schools, has enough ability to push it through. Although he is not too well versed in local politics and inherits a split CCA and a split City Council, he is shrewd enough to avoid serious trouble. His main problem is rising costs--a problem, it seems, that afflicts all governments save the Federal variety--and regrettably he is not noted as a particularly brilliant financeer...