Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...urged that this independence be conserved by members of the Class of '44, rather than wasted in "banjo-playing and beer-drinking." Recognizing that "these are challenging times," we should "avoid irritating partisan discussions and go after the real problems," in the spirit he summed up by the motto "For Harvard, for Country...
...Michigan eleven will come out of the Midlands headed by famous Tom Harmen. The Wolverines do not have quite enough manpower to be a great team, but their first 15 men will be able to subdue the Crimson. If Dick Harlow's men can weather that fracas successfully and avoid costly injuries, they ought to give a better account of themselves in the next part of the schedule. Army will not be improved over 1939, and Dartmouth's strength is questionable...
...clock one morning last week a bomb burst over Seattle's water front. By the dawn's early light, rowboats scurried into Elliott Bay. Some anchored. Others rowed around. For four hours, ferryboats plying between Seattle and Bremerton had to detour to avoid the milling fleet. It was the grand finale of the Ben Paris Salmon Derby, oldest and biggest of the Pacific Northwest's latest sport craze...
Freshman candidates are requested to come down to Dillon. Field House as early as possible to get their uniforms and equipment. The supply desk will be open all day, September 30, in order to give Yardlings who wish to avoid the rush a chance to be ready before practice actually starts...
...Chamber of Deputies. Others watched from adjoining housetops and armed peons guarded streets or careened through the city in trucks, shouting "Viva Avila Camacho!" Pistoleros prowled the Chamber and Senate corridors, and many Camachista Deputieselect appeared unshaven and disheveled for the meeting, having slept in the Chamber Building to avoid being sniped or kidnapped...