Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Missouri's Clarence Cannon, House appropriations czar, greeted the request with a hoot. "Any preparation we make for fire-fighting and for hospitalization is a drop in the bucket," he said. "Our only hope ... is to altogether avoid war. The greatest asset in civil defense is that the nation be so strong from a military point of view that no nation dare attack...
Last week the airmen were instructed to bomb only visually in clear weather-to avoid the possibility of a mistake. They were instructed to stay south of the Tumen River, which marks the Russian boundary, and also to avoid a prisoner-of-war camp less than a mile from the Rashin station...
Hard Choice. Miss Davies did not like the prospect of fighting her way through court. Said she: "I would do anything in the world to avoid hurting the boys [Hearst's sons]. After all, they're half of W.R." But she also knew what she thought she had to do: "I'm not the fighting type, but I don't believe in disregarding W.R.'s wishes. He had a reason for having the agreement drawn up. He thought I was the one who understood best what his policies and principles were and that I could...
...avoid complications in childbirth, the doctors decided upon a Caesarean. Last week, with Dr. Nittis hovering nearby, a technician poured more than a quart of blood into Mrs. Donnelly's veins as two surgeons performed the operation. The patient, under spinal anesthesia, clutched a rosary and a religious medal. When she was told "It's a boy," she murmured "Thank you, dear God," and fell asleep...
Kindly Light. Wieland is sure he is on the right track. He keeps the lighting dim partly to avoid any need for elaborate sets, partly out of respect for Richard Wagner's scores. "Grandfather did not want characters clearly seen because it would detract from concentration on the music." He believes that fussy old sets and sticky pathos make grandfather ridiculous to too many mid-century men. "We must go forward...