Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...professional degree. Rather, it implies a high technical ability--and, we hope, taste and skill in the art of written and oral communication. The result should be original work, especially in the sense of having the work reported with individuality. We cannot require a man to be creative. To avoid further generalities an outline of a specific plan is presented...
Meyner has tried to campaign solely on local issues, probably in an effort to avoid bringing the highly-popular President Eisenhower into the state. But Forbes has relied greatly on Ike's popularity in traditionally Republican New Jersey. He has told Negro audiences that a vote for Republican candidates is "the only way you can tell the President he did right" in Little Rock. And a long train of Republican national figures, from Vice-President Nixon and three cabinet members down to a group of campaign strategists, has entered the state on Forbes's behalf. If Forbes wins, and most...
...method to avoid the lack of concern most students display toward Gen Ed A papers might well be to have papers, written for their general education courses, also submitted to Gen Ed A section men for comment and criticism. Theoretically, the papers done for all general education courses are supposed to help teach freshmen how to write. In fact, the average section man in these courses either does not feel competent to comment on the stylistic aspects of the paper or feels it burdensome to do so, and limits his comments to evaluations of the ideas expressed...
...that the world has been always on the brink of war. The great reason why we have had so many wars is that people take it for granted that there isn't going to be any war. They get complacent and do not make the necessary efforts to avoid war. It's only by being conscious of the fact that war is an ever-present danger that you take adequate and effective steps to avoid getting into...
...world's 2.7 billion population has almost doubled in the past 70 years, is expected to redouble every 42 years hereafter, and is rapidly approaching the level (top estimate: 7 billion) beyond which scientists believe the earth can no longer sustain all its inhabitants. "It is hard to avoid the conclusion that human multiplication has gotten out of hand," said Sociologist Davis, "that this unanticipated situation cannot continue...