Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nation's mood, Johnson offered no drastic departures in philosophy, no major policy shifts, in his fifth State of the Union speech. Confronted by a Congress that is more in the mood for retrenchment than revolution, he concluded that the most prudent possible strategy would be to avoid asking for any expensive new programs but to maintain the thrust of the old ones. "We've got to keep the momentum," he told aides beforehand...
...press is free and performs a social mission," but it must avoid offending "the honor of persons who perform public functions" or disseminating "principles or views of political parties that have been banned." Offending newspapers will be confiscated...
...burly, leather-jacketed Litvinov was a conspicuous figure during the closed-door trial. Not allowed inside the courtroom, he talked outside with foreign correspondents and signed a statement branding the proceeding a "wild mockery." He has managed to avoid arrest so far only because he is the grandson of the late Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov, and thus the scion of an old Bolshevik family. "I am definitely not a revolutionary, but neither am I an organization man," he says. "I must do what my heart tells me." Still uncowed after his dismissal, Litvinov announced that he would fight...
...course, it is possible to argue that the population which eats in the dining halls is a very peculiar sample. For this reason we contacted students in Dudley House who do not usually eat in the Houses. In order to avoid over-representing Dudley, we set the average number of seniors who answered from each House as the target number of Dudley House students to be contacted...
...Congress to enact some form of border taxes to offset those imposed by Common Market countries. Clearly, Johnson's unexpectedly drastic blow at the U.S. payments deficit had strained the intricate fabric of international arrangements for world trade. It will take cool heads and delicate negotiations to avoid some serious rips...