Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leak developed in the pipe and some hundreds of joints had to be repainted. The jars of a train moving more than a mile away disordered the delicate instruments. Much of the work had to be done at night and in the early hours of the morning to avoid mechanical difficulties...
...CRIMSON to the 'unprecedented' fact that the College is to modify its appointments on account of the eclipse of the sun which is to occur on January 24, reminds me of an earlier eclipse 240 years ago when the College actually changed its Commencement Day in order to avoid an eclipse," says Mr. W. C. Lane '81, Librarian of the Widener Library, in an article for the CRIMSON relating an ancient precedent for the recent action of the University authorities...
...political reasons, the Republicans are anxious to avoid having the President's veto overridden, because of the bad impression it would create. It was reported that there will be enough votes marshalled against the measure to prevent its being passed over the veto (two-thirds vote necessary to over-ride). The existence of the Sterling Bill, combining the pay raise with a rate raise will enable some Senators who are pledged to the former to vote against the pay bill alone, on the grounds that they prefer the Sterling Bill...
Ever since the War, the Govern-ment has been desiring to avoid this loss. But the Government has been prevented from disposing of its fleet to private owners because of its insistence on two things-a good price for its ships (or at least a fair price) and a U. S. merchant service to all the more important parts of the world, a thing which means maintaining a number of unprofitable lines...
...Japanese silk (the strongest and lightest of textiles) pass continuously from a ring on one side of the harness to the parachute itself and back to the harness again. The pilot sits, then, as if in a swing. He can prevent oscillations, can steer to a certain extent, can avoid trees, buildings and can be almost comfortable. He can, experience has shown again and again, drop 600 ft. without losing a particle of consciousness. He has indeed to rehearse his movements, but the pulling of the conveniently placed "rip cord"-a flexible cable which releases the pilot chute...