Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...refugees went through to freedom. Owing to a steady seepage from underground springs, the last of the 59 to cross had to wade through water up to their armpits. When pumps could not cope with the flood, the tunnel was regretfully closed, and East Germans were publicly warned to avoid its use. Lamented one student-worker: "It was the most beautiful tunnel there ever was." Other Western groups are hard at work on four other tunnels in the same general area, but some refugees would not wait: in a single night, eleven East Germans-including two Gropos with their arms...
...Strength to Live. Although operating with the approval of their bishops. St. Luke ministers usually offer a separate healing service in order to avoid offending regular churchgoers who are "not ready" for the emphasis on healing. They attempt to heal the mind and spirit as well as the body. A minister often considers his prayers answered if the sufferer is given the strength to live with his affliction...
...declined to foretell the events of the next few days, but he said that the federal courts will probably avoid putting Barnett in jail and lock up his subordinates instead...
Despite the understandable desire of the Department of Justice to avoid an ugly showdown with the state of Mississippi, it seems virtually certain at this writing that Governor Ross Barnett will shortly become the second chief executive of a state of the United States to be convicted of a crime under federal law. His predecessor, Warren Terry McCray--Governor of Indiana from 1921 to 1924, was found guilty of misuse of the mails. Mr. Barnett will likely be found guilty of raising an insurrection against the authority of the federal government...
...works, further mechanical streamlining, such as eliminating coupons at football and other games, may be possible. The most important way students can help the ticket office is by remembering to bring their ID's and coupons to the games and by buying date tickets us early as possible to avoid long lines on Saturdays...