Word: eschews
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...McWilliams would naturally fall for. But, they insist, to stay on the land and make a living from it, the small farmer must be come a highly proficient scientist as well as something of an artist. He must master the tricks of contour plowing and strip cropping. He must eschew the temptation to bet everything on a single cash crop, for that way, in years of overproduction, lies bankruptcy...
...swings at certain Republicans: "The Republican Party must completely forsake the tempting notion that it can win by the amalgamation of the dissident groups in America -the narrow nationalists, the economically selfish . . . above all, the religious and racial bigots. In other words, we Republicans must take the affirmative, eschew the negative...
...will assemble next month. She outlined convention plans: i) to lambaste Union Now, and foreign-language schools; 2) to praise the work of "that great American, Martin Dies." Said buxom Mrs. Pouch: "Mr. Dies can never be discredited in our eyes." At their convention, DARters will probably forgo corsages, eschew orchids. Mrs. Pouch said that she had appealed to the Illinois delegation to see to it that the convention this year is not "lavish." Some of the delegates, said Mrs. Pouch, are even planning to wear old clothes. Added President Pouch: "We are going to emulate President General Mrs. Russell...
...queer lot. They are notorious for their adoption of Eastern manners, mores, and accents, and for their desertion of the rough, rude, vigorous, semi-savage tradition of their native central plains. And for 357 days in the year, their rep is well deserved. The sons of the Middle Border eschew the "r"s and the multi-colored clothing with which they have been born and bred and lean toward tweeds and martinis...
Careerpuellae bookophiliac. Those who study hard. These account for most of the 33 1-3 per cent that eschew (or are eschewed by) men. They like to think of "higher things" like the hereafter, science, or the Harvard Freshman Jubilee. They are noted for a dreamy, far-away look, and may be found curled up with their books in armchairs, the latter usually surrounded by cigarette butts...