Word: avoiding
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...second casualty is political science. Having purged the classical philosophers, the Committee was left with the writings of contemporary political scientists, none of whom agree on the proper boundaries and methods of their discipline. To avoid confusion, Social Studies has largely deleted political science form the sophomore curriculum...
Whether she did it to catch a prince, like Rapunzel, or to avoid a taxing situation, like Godiva, the girl who took down her hair in days of yore never thought twice about the trouble involved. But then, why should she? She had nothing to undo but a braid or a ribbon and presto, crowning glorysville! It is only the modern maid who spends the better part of her days putting up her hair and is not about to take it down until she's good and ready...
...toughest competitor for talent is the university itself. Nationally, 19% of all seniors go on to graduate school; the percentage is much higher in leading schools-47% at U.C.L.A., 66% at Brandeis, 67% at Harvard and Yale, and 86% at Amherst and Columbia. Graduate work lets students avoid the draft and put off the decision of what job to take. The longer students stay in school, the more likely they are to go into teaching or government instead of business...
Harvard's placement directors have noted another phenomenon: the brightest students avoid business. Those at the top of last year's class preferred research or teaching, and most of the men who planned commercial careers stood below the middle of the class...
Neutrality & Conservatism. Something like the fairy-tale gnomes that guarded subterranean treasures, Swiss bankers speak sparingly, avoid social ostentation, and bury their money-two floors below ground level in vaults that are built to withstand even nuclear at tack. Nearly half the deposits are in the vaults of five banks along Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse. In addition to the Union Bank, they are the Swiss Credit Bank, the Swiss Bank Corp., and-much smaller-the Swiss Popular Bank...