Word: shirked
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Pressure is brought to bear on all sides, pushing him industriously in carefully differentiated directions. He feels that to shirk the responsibilities of his wealth would be cowardly. He wants to deal justly and humanely with the men in his coal mines, with the public, with Rhoda, with his firm, most of whose members are related to him. Rhoda refuses to believe in his good faith or in the limitations of his power for good...
...Mondell began by discussing the relation of college men to politics. He said that it was unfortunate "that those who are best trained and qualified to exercise the duties of citizenship seem to be the most inclined to shirk them." Referring to the "Get out the Vote" movement he exclaimed, "Vote wisely or unwisely, but Vote...
...private in the French infantry, who volunteered for service in 1914 although an American citizen, of Major Edward Ball Cole, who commanded the 1st (later the 6th) Machine Gun Battalion of the 4th Marine Brigade and died of wounds received at Belleau Wood, and of Elbert Walker Shirk, a lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy Flying Corps, who died...
...loans to England and France should not be canceled", declared Mr. Charles M. Schwab in a recent interview with a CRIMSON reporter. "I do not believe that the people of these countries want the loans cancelled, because they feel that there is a moral obligation involved which they cannot shirk. They realize that they owe us a debt that can never be paid, and that the least they can do is to return us our money...
...this is the outgrowth of a condition which disgraces popular government--the fact that the "bigger" men, those best qualified to judge cases involving business matters, are only to ready to shirk jury duty on the least excuse. Jury-dodging is one of the easiest things in the world; a plea if important business, physical weakness, or travel--excuses which the judge can scarcely question--are easy roads to freedom. But such evasion is sure to lead back to the slacker himself; if he refuses service himself, how can he expect a competent jury when his own case comes...