Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...traps were all around him, and Gross never did figure out how to avoid them. He found 212 professional and civic associations banging on his door with special gripes. He consumed hours in hearing them out, later complained: "There are a lot of people in this town who care more about the noise you make than the results you get. They're the 'go ahead, raise your voice, I'll hold your coat' types." He discovered he had wasted a lot of time: "I've never had to leave so much undone in my life...
...Berkeley Student Council this morning passed two resolutions asking that Kerr and Meyerson withdraw their resignations. Both men indicated that they had resigned in a parliamentary move. Kerr said "I have resigned to stop the continuing and destructive degradation of freedom into license and to avoid a new confrontation at Berkeley which could only damage the campus even more...
...rain. Each week City workmen fill three-foot deep holes on Mass. Ave. near Littauer and each week the some holes reappear, a little deeper than before. The holes are filled with gravel held together by something sticky, but it obviously is not sticky enough. Bicyclists who try to avoid the gaps in the street run the risk of being struck...
...Crimson will also be trying to avoid a second beating by Yale in the same year--a tragedy which has not occurred since 1952. Last Saturday the Elis edged Harvard...
...want them to have it. An alliance with Cambodia and Indonesia against Thailand and Malaysia resulting in the absorption of the partners into the Chinese camp would be too easy for Mao Tse-tung if be controlled Vietnam. We must act with courage in order to avoid such a result. Trusting in our military might and determination we must act now to protect our interest in Southeast Asia. Forrest P. Chisman...