Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Watson's action was requested by Cambridge Trust Co. and Harvard Trust Co. in order to avoid repetition of a January, 1960, run on those banks by college students. At that time, both banks were forced to suspend sale of Series E bonds temporarily...
...blocks away from the fighting, life seemed strangely normal. G.I.s in civilians strolled the streets in search of bars and restaurants still open. Traffic flowed through the streets, though drivers cautiously detoured a few blocks to avoid the trouble spots. There were some grimly humorous sights: outside the Hotel Caravelle, a Diem policeman seated in a tiny European car struggling desperately to get out of his uniform before the rebels spotted him; a pedestrian dashing madly around a corner, bullets kicking up sparks at his heels; a man scooting into a sidewalk pissoir an instant before it was riddled with...
Unless the new government develops much differently from what most observers, governmental and private, expect, both these predictions will be rendered false. That the two were ever believed with the conviction they once were indicates that the U.S. government sometimes deludes itself to avoid embarrassing and difficult policy changes. It may have learned from the Ngo family episode, but if it has not, scheduled withdrawals can prevent a repeat performance...
Creditors hounded him so much, Walter recalled, that he used to hide under desks to avoid them, took to meeting the trains himself so he could "collect fares to pay a few creditors the next day." But as he fought to pull the family out of debt, Walter had his own ideas. In 1902 he borrowed $5,000 to start the Hawaiian Dredging Co.-something he himself considered "strictly a shoestring venture...
...final agreement was probably in the interest of all parties. With the liability issue out of the way, plaintiffs will get much quicker settlements of their claims. And the airlines and the U.S. Government will avoid long, expensive courtroom wrangles over precisely who and what were to blame on that terrible December morning...