Word: avoiding
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...conscious policy of intimidation. But obtuseness in such delicate matters may still have restrictive effects. After being confronted by a barrage of questions from the FBI, foreign students, afraid of losing their visas, might retreat into political silence. Similarly, American students may curb their activism to avoid contact with the Bureau. Although they are legally under no obligation to answer questions unless subpoenaed, they are confronted by a distasteful dilemma: refusal to answer an agent's queries or an interview itself will "go on their record," hurting their chances for a government job in the future...
Clearly, indiscriminate and impolite interrogations about political activity have harmful, inhibiting consequences. To avoid the insulting excesses of the Awori case, the FBI should exercise much greater restraint and demonstrate far greater sensitivity in the future. If the Bureau really wants students like Awori "on our side," it would do well to show that this is indeed an open society rather than smoothing the way for them in this country by trying to limit their political acquaintances...
...trying to stop World War II in Vietnam. No opportunity should be missed to point out that such a goal is an anachronism and is impossible. The faculty members are missing such an opportunity. The paragraph should be retained. If necessary the italicised words could be dropped to avoid the interpretation which was feared. Richard A. Kraus Teaching Fellow in Economics
...Similar headaches of "dual nationality" confront naturalized U.S. citizens born in Egypt, Greece, Iran, Poland, Rumania, Syria, Turkey, Yugoslavia and several other countries. Czechoslovakia refuses to recognize as U.S. citizens even the U.S.-born children of Czech parents. Such Americans should avoid Czechoslovakia on pain of arrest...
Last week Abel said that he would be "tougher and firmer" than McDonald in the coming negotiations, but also added: "We will do everything humanly possible to avoid a strike." On the steel side, Wheeling Steel, the nation's tenth largest producer, agreed to abide by the final terms, but decided to withdraw from the eleven-company bargaining team. Norton Simon, the California industrialist who took over as chairman of Wheeling last year, complained that the steel industry "seems to live in a state of constant crisis. Wheeling can't afford that, and I doubt that the industry...