Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Said Reuther in one huge gulp: "This is the time for labor to stand up and say we are getting in trouble because the little guy hasn't got enough and therefore he has to fight harder now to get what he is entitled to in order to avoid going into a depression...
While shouting masses paraded to celebrate the Communist takeover, U.S. Consul General John M. Cabot decided to run the blockade. Hands in pockets (to avoid any possible charges of having used violence), Cabot advanced to the door; the workers refused to let him pass. "There is nothing we can do," said Mr. Cabot and turned back, hands still in his pockets. His staff broke out K rations...
Helen Hayes stuck a hand into her deep freezer, pulled it out too late to avoid a smashed thumb when the lid banged down...
...desires, they are convinced in advance that they have nothing to learn and everything to teach, and consequently their aim is loot-to appropriate to themselves the organization, the shell of the institution, and convert it to their own purposes. The problem of the universities today is how to avoid destruction at the hands of men who have no use for their characteristic virtues, men who are convinced only that 'knowledge is power...
...brawls in print. Like many a man with a terrible pen, he preferred the assault on the group. Says he: "I have never found it difficult to be on good terms, personally, with my enemies. I always try to choose decent ones. When I encounter a mucker, I simply avoid...