Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...least a temporary reduction in naval expenditures by Japan, Great Britain, the United States. A failure in this respect might well be fatal to President Harding, It would disappoint the public and damage the prestige of the administration to such an extent that the American delegation will avoid it at any cost. The Conference is also likely to draw up a form of words about the policy of foreign nations towards China, which Japan, Great Britain and the United States will all accept. But this form of words will need cross-examination. It will need searching for convenient ambiguities...
...President during the campaign incurred a clear obligation to move in the direction of peace through international agreement, and for that purpose he was bound to summon a conference of the Allied and Associated Powers. But if his conference was to accomplish an immediate practical result, it must avoid the ugly and for the present irreconcilable dissensions which Europe had inherited from the war and for which the Republican leaders did not wish the American government to assume responsibility. A proposed international agreement, fathered by a Republican administration, must deal with a region of international disorder and conflict in which...
...caused by labor classification and the overtime provided in the McAdoo National Agreement. Railroads must agree that as soon as earnings reach the legally prescribed 5 1-2 percent on property values, they will reduce rates wherever it will stimulate business. I am convinced that these conciliatory arrangements would avoid the strike, allay business uncertainties and bring about an immediate business revival...
...that we do not advise an attempt to duplicate it. But there are other less notable victories that are quite possible. Aside from those who pursue the 'snap course",--that elusive animal which is likely to change its form unexpectedly--there are some who will remember that they may avoid walking up stairs in Sever by a little foresight in choosing courses; that they may insure against the annoying Saturday sections by the exercise of discretion. No doubt there are numerous other devices for smoothing the academic faith. Perhaps come new ones will be conceived today. Perhaps some brilliant Sophomore...
...rate we may be sure that there will be as many attempts to avoid the bumps on the road of education as ever. It seems incredible that this attitude should exist, that we have all become so hardened to its existence that we accept it as comedy rather than tragedy. There is this to be remembered, however; those who want a painless education would profit very little from a more vigorous course of instruction...