Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...TIME did indeed print asterisks in front of the correct answers to those two questions in some copies - a dead giveaway. When the quiz is first made up, asterisks are carried on the correct answers to avoid mistakes in the answer column, but these marks are, of course, supposed to be removed when TIME goes to press. This TIME the printers failed to sweep all the star dust under...
...letter indicating whom to thank. But my point is that it is an exhilarating experience to suddenly see AMERICA through the medium of modern streamlined advertising. We like the style of TIME. It is a good tonic for a certain 'missionary mentality' we hope to avoid. You know what I mean...
Before rushing off to attend its present meeting in New York City the British representative stopped long enough to add that "although English workingmen do insist on all their desires being given proper attention, they avoid stopping production." The reason, he said, was simple...
...rise in purchasing power isn't enough. A planned adjustment of resources will be necessary to avoid dangerous inflation." He emphasized that we must begin to plan now for the changeover from a wartime to a peacetime economy...
...breakdown in negotiations resulted from a deadlock between the union and university officials over the question of a union shop. A statement from Yale officials said they made every effort to avoid a strike. "The university respects the rights of non-union employees just as much as it does the rights of union members. The university, if it agreed to a union shop, would force non-union employees to join the union and pay dues against their will...