Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that zone, the fighter is unlikely to worry about nomenclature; he is more concerned about how to avoid catching a bullet in the groin from ambush, or a blade in the back...
...looking for an excuse to go ahead with a new series of nuclear tests. If the Russians do that, the Administration reasons, the U.S. will have no choice but to proceed with full-scale testing, and the last, faint hope for a nuclear test ban will vanish. To avoid giving the Russians an excuse, the U.S. canceled its tests...
...Moro is somewhat less enthusiastic than Fanfani about economic planning, and could be expected to be more outspoken about the need to check the Communists. Moreover, he might be a lot more popular. Where Fanfani enjoys sharp exchanges and is quick to trade insults, Moro is reserved, anxious to avoid angry debates whenever possible, and detests name calling. Says one of his friends, admiringly, "Moro runs the party the way he drives a car. He keeps both hands on the wheel and both eyes on the road, and he never drives more than 35 miles an hour...
...save their rice and vegetable crops. Those farmers who own wells padlock them at night to foil water thieves. At week's end, the shortage had grown so serious that ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet were ordered to cease taking on potable water in Hong Kong "to avoid further drain on the local water supply...
...harm, and the small amounts of pesticides that get into human bodies at present may have long-term effects that have not yet been recognized. New pesticides may prove to have unexpected dangers, and familiar ones may become damaging if they accumulate in soil or ground water. To avoid such threats, the report recommends: > More federal research on the effects of pesticides on humans so that better protective rules can be drawn...