Word: shunned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Newton paragraph on Living with Ourselves: "It is a fine art of life to know how to do it. Few of us have mastered the art, hence we are afraid. We shun loneliness; we do not know the secret of solitude-a very different thing. First, we must face the facts, especially the things that make us hateful to ourselves and others, and deal with them...
...Transport operators have conspired to shun the 'chute because of ignorance of its practicability, stinginess and fear that patronage would be frightened away...
...Further, I promise, insofar as in me lies, to shun the public press or public gatherings of laymen where my attitude might be regarded as seeking self-advancement; to avoid selfishness and commercialism in my professional practice; to influence patients to appreciate their financial responsibilities to their medical advisers; to adjust my compensation to the circumstances of my patients and to make such charges commensurate with the services rendered and to avoid discrediting my profession by seeking unwarranted compensation...
...Church's goal would be "the establishment of the Kingdom of God in all the Earth." It would shun "all political alliances and entanglements and other associations that would tend to lower its spiritual tone and to subtract from its spiritual power...
...This custom is being revived to restore interest and make Ivy week the biggest event of a senior's life at Pennsylvanta," says the newspaper. How strange a way to promote campus interest. College seniors as Oliver Twists, Professors with thin skins shun Penn. --Oregon Daily Emerald...