Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS is a crystalline evening of songs that avoid sentimentality yet move deeply...
...that his troubles are far from over. Last week two of his own supporters on the ruling twelve-man Politburo, Cyrankiewicz and Party Ideologist Zenon Kliszko, came out in favor of the purges. That sign of approval from his own camp may have been the price Gomulka paid to avoid an immediate showdown with his critics, but it also whetted their desire for power. Police Boss Mieczyslaw Moczar, the man behind much of the anti-Gomulka dissidence but normally a shadowy figure, appeared three times in the past two weeks on Polish television, then held an even rarer press interview...
Speed Reading. During recreation hours, members of the student crew-who range in age from 21 to 28, have about the same physical and psychological qualifications required for astronauts-go to extreme lengths to avoid boredom. They have practiced script-lettering and speed reading (one has progressed from 350 words to 4,400 words per minute), passed questionnaires and notes in bottles to the experiment team outside, and performed trumpet and harmonica duets...
...district judge erred in refusing to accept Eisen's suit as a class action. In so doing, the court emphasized that the rules should be interpreted as liberally as possible. If the cause of action is apparently valid, said the court, an effort should be made to avoid throwing out the suit on narrow, technical grounds...
...School Faculty's dramatic program to up-date and expand its involvement with urban problems is an encouraging start at making the School's activities more relevant to the urban crisis. But the Faculty should avoid too much self-congratuation. While its vote represented Harvard's first positive reaction to last week's urban explosion, crucial gaps remain in the sweeping proposals for reform...