Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...avoid imprisonment, Bernstein posed as an immigrant, "lost" his identification papers, and found himself in a Cyprus detention camp. He escaped by a means that must remain a secret...
...savings. It has threatened the earnings of labor and the family farmer. Its record is one of disservice to the preservation of our democratic capitalism and the promises which that system holds for all our people. Democratic capitalism lives by abundance. It needs sound planning and legislation to avoid recurring depression. It cannot stand still. The dynamic ingredients of democratic capitalism demand that we either move ahead or retreat. The record of the present Congress is a record of retreat. There is no security in retreat. The smears and witch-hunts promoted by Congress will never save democratic capitalism. Only...
Musingly, Vag turned the page of his new gray course catalogue, and began to cross Harvard Square. An indignant honking from two sides made him look up, and he took a quick jump to the middle of the road, where he shrunk to avoid the passing cars. A booming amplified voice reached his cars; it seemed to be asking questions of someone. "Where do you think you're running to? Can't you wait for the lights? Are you stupid?" Vag looked around him, and realized in terror that the odd catechism was directed at himself. But now the lights...
...avoid sitting next to a Negro in a classroom, Texans are willing to spend $3,500,000. That fact was proved and priced last week, when Texas opened the doors of a new state university on the outskirts of Houston. The Texas State University for Negroes occupies a block-long modernistic limestone building, still under construction. More than 2,000 students are enrolled, but the man who was responsible for the whole thing is not among them...
...newspaper articles. When he got what he considered a bad decision from the umpire, he was not to object. When another player insulted him, he was to grin and bear it. He had to leave the ballpark after games by a secret exit. It was as important to avoid adulation as it was to avoid brickbats; there were to be no Jackie Robinson Days at Ebbets Field. He was not to accept any social invitations, from whites or blacks, and he was to stay away from night spots...