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Word: avoider (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strictly agricultural: McGovern started ahead because Foss had lost friends by raising taxes; then rains brought a farm boom and Foss moved up; then an August drought came to McGovern's help. Result: McGovern appears to have a handy lead, rapping Ezra Benson while Republican Foss tries to avoid taking a stand one way or another on Benson. But Foss, World War II Marine Corps ace, has yet to warm up his Piper Super Cub and take off on the kind of whirlwind campaign that won him the governorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDWEST: Congressional Fights Tax the G.O.P. | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

Although the University ended the year with a balance of $482,000, several departments suffered deficits. Among these were the Graduate School of Education, the Fogg Art Museum, and the Dining Halls Department. Steps were taken to avoid a further deficit in the dining halls when the University increased board charges this fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cabot Discloses Endowment Gain | 10/18/1958 | See Source »

...career. Several university students state that they did not want to endanger their scholarship standing by being vocal supporters of any one political party. Moreover, federal and regional scholarship terms commit them to five years' employment in a government department after graduation, and incipient civil servants are wise to avoid entangling alliances with parties. They are expected to be apart from such things...

Author: By David Abernethy, | Title: Students in Nigeria - The New Elite | 10/16/1958 | See Source »

...blandly admitted forging dozens of documents, ranging from "proof" that he had been in Nazi concentration camps to "proof" that he had served in the Nazi army. With an embarrassed smile, he agreed that he had used his own falsified army identification card in lectures showing troops how to avoid just such forgeries. Roared the judge: "Did you not become tired of making these forgeries?" Replied Schneider: "Not really, once I had done the first one, I felt it made no difference if I kept going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: The Herr Doktor | 10/13/1958 | See Source »

...urges: "Make sure that this gets to the one who pays the patient's bill, preferably at the time of injection or when the bill is presented. The costliness of Parenogen will come as a shock and will surely be resented unless it is fully understood. Help avoid this unnecessary resentment by seeing that this gets to the bill payer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The High Cost of Clotting | 10/13/1958 | See Source »

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