Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Next day, the delegates were even more explicit about how they felt about Diefenbaker. By a 2-to-l margin, they endorsed Camp's proposal for a conference some time before 1968 to reconsider the party's leadership. The timing for the conference was meant to avoid an embarrassing power struggle during Canada's centennial celebrations next year. Diefenbaker was so outraged by the vote that he refused to make his scheduled speech at the conference's closing dinner. As a result, the dinner itself was canceled, leaving the Chateau Laurier with 65 roasted turkeys...
...described it to the Council, DeGuglielmo wants "a program of community planning" which would avoid conflicts between the City, the universities, and industry as they pursue individual development goals...
This probably would have continued indefinitely, but for the HDC's impending financial ruin. To avoid complete bankruptcy, HDC leaders realized they needed at least a small share of Loeb proceeds. It was suggested that the HDC become co-sponsor of every Loeb production, and that HDC benefit performances be scheduled when necessary. This was unacceptable to the Loeb's administration, which looked with disfavor on the process of assigning mainstage slots by vote of the HDC's whole membership...
...reason in conscience to practice birth control and were not evading the demands of responsible parenthood. By this standard, which is close to present-day Protestant moral teaching, the reason for practicing birth control, rather than the means, would become the key point: a couple who used rhythm to avoid having a child for selfish reasons might be judged guilty...
Sometimes The Victors confuses you with details and the seemingly pointless fluttering of some thin characters. But this is only outside the cage. Inside, Sartre and Babe avoid allowing the lines of the play to wander off from each other and the result is a fascinating, lucid view of the tombless dead and the entombed living...