Word: avoiding
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...Title,--of the group and its officers, to avoid alleged past abuses of power...
This century has done nothing to clear matters up. The rise of the University and its Ph.D.'s have forever confused the role of the College, and a newcomer must surely find this the most puzzling question of all, for it is difficult to avoid seeing the embarrassment behind the term "University College...
Dirge. Heavy street fighting turned Elisabethville into a shell-pocked inferno, and there was serious doubt that the U.N. could avoid being overwhelmed. Tshombe, after 'a day of hiding, turned up in his heavily guarded residence to direct the battle. Said he: "I am prepared to die fighting in my own home." The tree-lined avenues were littered with the shells of Jeeps and the bodies of men; water and power were cut off, food was running low (and food markets closed), and there was growing danger of disease. Few people ventured out of doors, and many slept...
...leaders made calming speeches to avert rising war fears. A grisly joke took measure of the situation. "What would you do if a nuclear war broke out?" asks one Communist. "I would cover myself with a sheet and walk slowly to the cemetery,"' replies another. "Why slowly?" "To avoid creating panic...
Other steel chiefs echoed Blough's theme. Chairman Arthur B. Homer of Bethlehem Steel, the second biggest producer, wrote the President that steelmen cannot avoid a price upcreep if "other forces contributing to inflation"-meaning the rising price of labor-"are allowed to go unchecked." President Thomas F. Patton of third-ranking Republic Steel wrote: "Your advisers seek to justify the freezing of current steel prices, regardless of inequities to our company. We are asked, in effect, to substitute their personal judgment for the known efficiency and fairness of the competitive marketplaces. This we cannot do." Said Chairman Avery...