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Word: avoider (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deserts blossom again. President Eisenhower said, the world might see an "Arab renaissance," with modern Arab nations making contributions to civilization surpassing the Islamic advances in mathematics, astronomy and medicine during Europe's Middle Ages. Throughout his speech, the President took Arab feeling into account, tried to avoid giving any impression that the U.S. was seeking to dictate to the Arab world. He stressed that the U.S. did not want "a position of leadership" in the regional economic program, that "the goals must be Arab goals," and that Arab peoples "clearly possess the right of determining and expressing their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Points for Peace | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...that much money to spend, remains convinced that Otto was acting as an agent of the Austro-Hungarian government.) Then, genuine telegrams began to pour in from Constantinople. "It was a shame," Otto used to tell his admirers. "I would have established a fine, wise government." But "to avoid unnecessary bloodshed'' (his own), Otto slipped quietly out of town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALBANIA: The Man Who Was King | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

...pressures on Ben-Gurion besides Russia's. Israel's best Afro-Asian friends-especially Ghana and Burma-made their disapproval clear. Two left-wing parties in Ben-Gurion's coalition were strongly against letting Israel appear too committed to the West. Furthermore, Israel has tried to avoid backing one faction or another among Arab powers, whether Hussein or Nasser, on the ground that all are violently anti-Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Useful Leverage | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

...abnormality is no reason for abandoning hormone treatment, the doctors agree. But two things are important: 1) if possible, the hormones should not be given early in pregnancy, or, if indicated, given only in moderate doses; and 2) the baby's real sex must be promptly established to avoid the danger that a girl will be raised as a boy, resulting in severe emotional damage when the facts are recognized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sex & Intersex | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

...laws (TIME, June 2) are a patently unconstitutional fortress-of-cards, but the state's lawmakers are manning the battlements with determination. Norfolk, Newport News, Charlottesville and Northern-infiltrated Arlington face court integration orders. Charlottesville, where schools are scheduled to open Sept. 2, may find legal delays to avoid being the first Virginia city whose schools are closed by massive resistance laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Integration & Defiance | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

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