Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Critics of the Council say it lacks guts. Zook and his aides, who prefer to avoid the arena themselves, spend a lot of time on the long-distance telephone-pressuring educators to pressure Washington. Their methods seem to work. In the 79th Congress, which adjourned last week, Zook & Co. went to bat for eight bills, made five hits (UNESCO, the Fulbright bill for war-surplus scholarships, the Mead bill to house G.I. students, Naval R.O.T.C. legislation, the Selective Service compromise on 19-year-olds...
...ways to avoid inflation are numerous, but none of them include putting more money into circulation. Senator Walsh's proposal, or any increase in government subsidies for veteran students, would be just that. If the college veteran would preach the lesson of self-sacrifice to others, he must be prepared to practise it himself...
...Commission on Academic Freedom: That the IUS strike at specific prejudices which misrepresent and hinder academic freedom, and avoid sweeping statements...
Haven't we all learned from letting Hitler march into the Ruhr, from Munich, from many another failure that the best way to get into a big war is to go too far in trying to avoid a smaller...
...Lund's advice: at the start the doctor "should avoid the words carcinoma or cancer." He should use loose, non-frightening words...