Word: avoiders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...omitted even any mention of the amount of the fee he had received from the Wolfson Foundation. The reply, said one Washington lawyer, "raised more questions than it answered." Although Fortas stonily refused further comment, he will have to explain his actions more fully if he expects to avoid an investigation. Any move to impeach him would come from the House Judiciary Committee. Its chairman, Representative Emanuel Celler, said that he would give Fortas ample time to clear himself. "Until the dust settles, I'm waiting," Celler said. "There's an old Russian saying that...
...captured document exhorts members to be "complete Samurai, with muscles of steel, an alert mind, instant reflexes, resistance to pain and a thorough knowledge of weapons." Although there have been a number of successful weapons raids on government arsenals, there has been little gunplay. Perhaps the Tupamaros want to avoid hurting innocent bystanders and tarnishing their Robin Hood reputation...
...tabloid newspaper. It prints no racy photographs -in fact, it prints no photographs at all. Its gourmet column dwells on such matters as the proper preparation of eel. Its travel stories tell how to avoid the plague of Americans in Paris. Its news stories read more like scholarly essays or finicky editorials, reflecting the attitude of its writing staff of 110, three-quarters of whom hold a Ph.D., law, or master's degree in literature or political science. There is scarcely any advertising; yet the paper's success seems virtually assured. Perhaps most unusual of all, the paper...
...uses a converted Greyhound bus as a mobile personnel office, sends it on week-long excursions to recruit female help from small towns in Minnesota and neighboring states. The bus is outfitted much like a railroad parlor car, with couches, tables and a galley. It enables Cargill to avoid setting up recruiting offices in motels, an arrangement that tends to make parents of prospective employees wary...
Harvard Student Agencies, Inc., recognizes its obligation to its linen subscribers. We cannot provide linen at this time because of the clear threat of violence on the part of SDS. This decision is motivated by our desire to avoid exposing other members of the community to the kind of violence that occurred last Friday...