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Word: avoiding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...music isn't too bad. But no one, not the director, the writer, or the producer, seems to have considered what the film was supposed to do, what point of view it should take. So they've produced the same stereotyped, meaningless trash they were trying so hard to avoid...

Author: By Gregory P. Pressman, | Title: Harlow | 7/15/1965 | See Source »

...store needed to be reminded of the redoubtable stubbornness of holdouts, it should not have been Macy's. Over 60 years ago, Macy's had to design its mammoth store in downtown Manhattan to avoid a tiny, five-story building whose owners refused to sell for less than $375,000. Today the ground floor of that building shelters a hot-dog emporium (reputed to be the city's most profitable), and the other floors are hidden behind a huge bill board, which reads "This Is Macy's -The World's Largest Store." Macy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Land: Monuments to Stubbornness | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

...grey engineer who had graduated from London University in 1948, set up shop in 1952 as Lotus Cars, Ltd. For eight of the ten laps, Jim managed to stay in front. Then an Austin-Healey Sprite grazed his Lotus on a corner. Jim had all he could do to avoid plowing head-on into an embankment, and in the confusion Chapman nipped past to win. "Oh dear, nasty," sighs Clark. "Anyhow, that was how I got to know Colin Chapman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Hero with a Hot Shoe | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

...crowded, repressive homes, where they are told to shut up, and the public school, where they are asked to open up and learn. The project puts kids of four, five, and six into "child development centers," where under close personal attention they will be encouraged by simple successes to avoid the spiral of failure that often starts with school's first day. They will have physical examinations, dental care, free meals. Their parents will be counseled at home, urged to help the kids by such easy steps as reading to them and telling them stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schools: Fast Start for Head Start | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

Never Argue. The Japanese are businesslike and colorblind, carefully steering clear of politics, even convincing many African nationalists that to trade with Japan is the best way to avoid entanglements with either the West or the Communists. They have even managed to keep racist South Africa as their biggest single customer on the continent while selling more and more to black Africa. Reason: South Africa badly needs trading partners, and the Japanese are happy to oblige. Last year Japan expanded its trade with South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: Salesmen San on Safari | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

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