Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...favor the Permanent Court and: further limitation of armaments. I am opposed to aggressive war. I shall avoid involving ourselves in the political controversies of Europe, but I shall do what I can to encourage: American citizens and resources to assist in restoring Europe, with the sympathetic support of our Government...
...Author. In 1914, Llewelyn Powys went to Africa, where his brother had a farm, to avoid dying of consumption in England. He returned in 1920, published Ebony and Ivory, which won him instant recognition. Now he lives in New York...
...many months ago, some of these companies were very much undercapitalized. Atlantic Refining was a conspicuous example. Surplus was out of all proportion to capital on the balance sheet. Also, political liberals in Washington, about that time, began to demand a tax on corporate surpluses. To avoid such an unpleasant occurrence, generous stock dividends became the order of the day. Atlantic Refining, for example, declared a 900% stock dividend. No longer was under-capitalization so common among Standard Oil companies...
...Husband Made MacDonald Prime Minister." According to Margot, it was because a Conservative-Liberal fusion was impossible, positively dishonorable, so her husband decided to throw the weight of the Liberal Party behind the Laborites. Speaking for the Liberals, she concluded: "With courage and patience we hope to avoid what a Centre Party would certainly create-the folly and danger of seeing all the rich pitted against the poor...
...reformer." Both as a reformer and as a millionaire he should prove useful to Mr. LaFollette. Immediately after the selection, this Committee met. It decided that the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket would be known as "Progressive." It rejected the Bull Moose as a Party symbol. It decided to avoid entirely the use of animals. Instead, it chose the Liberty Bell as a Party symbol. It then set about organization. The men whom it chose were the best professionals in the field. A drive was set up for a campaign fund of some $3,000,000-. Henry L. Rosenfelt, formerly a director...