Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There must be an "Atlantic Chartering" of world oil markets. This State Department phrase means that such market restrictions as may be necessary to avoid wasteful international competition must be arrived at by Government-sponsored trade agreements, and not by private intercompany collusion...
...Nazi generals, in the present situation, speedy Allied invasion may be welcome for a very practical reason : inflicting a disastrous defeat on such an invasion force is the sole remaining chance for Germany to avoid losing the war. If the Allies attacked prematurely, at a time when Nazi defensive strength was at its peak, that chance would be so much the brighter. To war-weary German civilians, invasion must also bulk large as the one development likely to bring a quick decision, win or lose...
Despite charges of immoral behavior among U.S. soldiers in New Caledonia made by one French official (TIME, Jan. 3), observers have seen little actual evidence of it. Army officials, anxious to avoid any incident with the island's French, moved fast in the case of the Negroes. One soldier was never identified. But the other two, Edward R. Loury and Frank Fisher Jr., were quickly court-martialed and sent to prison for life...
Harlow Shapley, Piano Professor of Practical Astronomy and director of the Harvard Observatory, revealed today the censorship troubles experienced by astronomers. Radio and telegraph messages must be carefully worded to avoid any appearance of hidden or subversive meaning...
...fiber tokens, which are good for an indefinite period, are going into hiding. Householders collect the chips in old fruit jars, to avoid losing unused points when stamps expire, or having to stand in line cashing stamps on the last...