Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unarmed schoolboys hurled stones at police lorries and civilian freedom fighters stood up to machine-gun fire, Venezuelan Dictator Marcos Péerez Jiménez toppled with a crash that rattled the Americas' few remaining strongmen. Struggling to avoid a similar end at the hands of mountain guerrillas who have been battling for his overthrow, Cuba's President Fulgencio Batista relaxed his grip on civil rights, prepared to set up what he hoped would be a well-controlled election. And Guatemala, following its second try at presidential elections in three months, hovered at the brink of violence...
...left-wing Democratic Action Party; Rafael Caldera, 41, leader of the Copei (Christian Social) Party; and Jóvito Villalba, 49, head of the middle-of-the-road Republican Democrat ic Union. Together, the three politicians framed a plan for a period of mutually shared noncompetitive politics to avoid the possibility of partisan political strife that could open a way for the return of dictatorial control...
...Give Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson authority to reduce price supports on cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat, peanuts, rice and dairy products to a minimum of 60% of parity, if necessary to avoid surpluses. The present floor...
...politics-conscious people on Formosa agreed that the political atmosphere was more tense than at any time in years. The legislators showed no signs of backing down in their campaign for more authority, despite Chiang Kai-shek's pleas to avoid rocking the boat. In some quarters there were even mutterings about trying to form an opposition to the Kuomintang. But nowhere in the grumbling was there any threat to bolt Chiang's leadership in foreign policy or to try to make a deal with the mainland Reds. It was an internal squabble that Chiang would have...
...delicacies from the central kitchens they always have to pay for them. Dean's list students on past vacations, however, were given the opportunity to sign off board for up to one week if they planned to extend their absences. Team members participating in away athletic events can also avoid paying for food while they are away. Students who take short trips to complete research in other cities should receive an equivalent option...