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Word: avoider (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have always been. But it must be a real settlement which fully ends the aggression and restores peace and security to the area and to the gallant Korean people. In Korea ... we must be ready to take any steps which truly advance us toward world peace. But we must avoid like the plague rash actions which would take unnecessary risks of world war, or weak actions which would reward aggression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Price of Peace | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

...Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: "Don't be unduly upset by the risk of coronary disease; take the elementary precaution of being born a woman; don't become a doctor [because their coronary] death rate is 20% above the rest; live in the quiet of the country; avoid anxiety and overeating. In other words, laugh but don't grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Be a Woman | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

Even on the Pennsylvania's most profitable passenger run-New York to Washington-the complaints pile up: the food is often poorly prepared, the roadbed rough, the coaches littered. Many a New Yorker will spend an extra hour, ride the Baltimore & Ohio to Washington to avoid the discomforts of Pennsy travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: The Troubles of the Pennsy | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

...Avoid all major battles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MACARTHUR STORY: Five Star Firing | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

Draft Dodger. On the Korean front, a North Korean surrendered at a 1st Marine Division command post, explained why he was in the Chinese Army: "I went to China to avoid being drafted in North Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 18, 1951 | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

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