Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...upheaval, never got to present his credentials to the short-lived Nagy government, thenceforth refused to present them to the Communist Kadar regime because it "did not represent the people." Under persistent and rising Communist pressure to recognize the Kadar puppets, Diplomat Wailes took a final step to avoid doing so: he arranged with Washington to order him back "on consultation," then slipped out of Hungary into Austria, leaving legation affairs (including the care of its most celebrated house guest, Hungary's Cardinal Mindszenty) in the hands of Counselor N. Spencer Barnes. Said Tom Wailes as he landed...
Hollis, who also endowed the Hollis without some charitable assistance." Professorship of Divinity and the Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, further wished that the administration "avoid nominating now and hereafter Dunces or Rakes as Persons not fit to partake of my Bounty...
...Separate military and economic aid, in both budgeting and administration, to avoid "misunderstanding at home and suspicions abroad...
...with a gold-plated desk set and a huge helping of kind words. But the kindest word of all that afternoon came from a noncongressional Republican who had driven over from the White House to help heap on the honors. Praising Hall for showing a political newcomer how to avoid mistakes. President Eisenhower said: "If Leonard Hall runs for governor of New York, he is going to have one booster here in Washington. He has never even told me whether he wants to do it. But I just want to show he has got one supporter...
Goldfarb emphasized that the organization is still in the formative stage. He expressed hope that the Forum this year will be able to avoid the intramural squabbles over individual club sovereignty that caused disorganization of the group at the end of last year...