Word: avoiders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Based on his own researches of several months in war-torn Spain, Professor Haldane writes: "The best way to avoid being bombed is to avoid war. . . . Many of the questions which are asked concerning Air Raid Precautions are unanswerable in the form in which they are put. If I am asked 'Does any gas mask give complete protection against phosgene?' the only literally true answer is 'No'. . . . But one would be safe in a phosgene concentration of one part per thousand, of which a single breath would probably kill an unprotected man. Hence in practice such...
...spoil, Centerville's people decide to build a concrete road. Crotchety old Farmer Banks (who is unpopular among Centerville's children because he chases swimmers from his creek) stalls progress by refusing to let his barn be moved out of the way, but finally gives in to avoid accidents at a sharp turn in the road near his farm. He becomes the village's traffic policeman. The plot ends with a surprise staged by Farmer Banks at a Community Day in Centerville's new school. He gives the village part of his land for a swimming...
Policeman Thomas Henry Leary of Cambridge, Mass., a political clown well above average in his humor, last week wound up his campaign ("Be Wary of Leary") to avoid election as a delegate to the State Democratic Convention (TIME, Sept. 19), by ringing doorbells at dead of night, begging irate voters not to vote for him. He reported his campaign expenditures: 20? for rotten tomatoes for boys to throw at a "Vote for Leary" sign; 5? for a false mustache to frighten babies. He vowed, if elected (which local observers last week predicted he would be), to campaign for lifting...
...United States have remained aloof. President Roosevelt and Mr. Hull have said nothing that more than point the direction of our sympathies. Their hands, unfortunately, are tied by the 1936 Neutrality Act. But there is no doubt among the foreign leaders that America, with its natural bigness, could avoid a world war by stepping into the present crisis and arbitrating. If war comes, certainly the American stand will determine its outcome. Why not speak now and show the enemy what must be the result if they begin war? Pressure for the repeal of the Neutrality Act has been tremendous...
...open market is now more receptive than last year to new issues, but private sales are continuing because issuers can avoid the expense of underwriting and the troubles of SEC registration. Chief buyers are big insurance companies, which generally take an entire issue. This tends to give the insurance companies substantial say in the management of the issuer. Before Phillips Petroleum could market last week's issue, for instance, it had to get permission from a group of insurance firms to which it sold $23,000,000 in debentures in 1935 and 1937. To many a SEC official such...