Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the birth of 50-lb. Ebola, father Dolo was removed as an unnecessary hazard, and the news of the birth was kept from the public to avoid a rush of photographers. Now the worst is over. Mother Irumu suckles her baby three times a day with undeviated maternalism, but refuses if humans are near. Ebola has grown like a weed, more than doubling her weight in three weeks. Assistant Director Vullier, watching fondly, says: "We think we have saved little Ebola, but of course with animals one never knows...
...Gigantic Fugue. Adopting evolution as his religion, Mondrian made a cult of the new, preferred man-made scenery to nature, turned his back on the Bois de Boulogne to avoid seeing the trees, furiously danced the Charleston (when The Netherlands banned it, he announced that he would never return home to Amsterdam). His ascetic dryness kept women at a distance. The only feminine touch in his studio was an artificial tulip, surrounded by leaves painted white...
...blood pressure, anemia. His only chance of survival, say the doctors, is the transplant of a kidney from his healthy twin brother Leonard. Such transplants have been made successfully three times by surgeons at Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. (Use of an identical twin is necessary to avoid the risk of hostile antibodies developing in the recipient's system.) But in the case of the Masden boys, the problem is not only medical but legal. Unlike the earlier cases, the Masdens are minors. Argue the lawyers: not even the boys' mother could give legal consent...
MICHIGAN TAX HASSLE, which caused General Motors President Harlow H. Curtice to warn that automakers may locate new plants out of state to avoid high corporate taxes, is also affecting contracts awarded by armed forces. Army gave $119 million tank contract to Chrysler, but told automaker to fill order at its Delaware plant because using Detroit facilities would pad bill by $300,000 Michigan tax, plus $1,579,000 in other costs...
...obviously unintended benefits may be knocked out, it will be difficult to tighten the tax laws much without seriously cutting the flow of funds to charities. The great problem for Congress: taxes have reached the point where it is worth almost any taxpayer's time and trouble to avoid the full weight...