Word: avoidance
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...education ought to teach him not to seek for the things that will entertain or interest him, and avoid others; but to take an interest in, and throw his whole force into, whatever it is best...
...tennis tournament, it is expected that nearly all the fifth round brackets will be played off, and that the second round of the doubles tournament will be completed. It is desirable that anyone who finds he can not play at his scheduled time should notify a manager beforehand to avoid being defaulted. Men who are scheduled to play more than once should be sure to keep both engagements...
...more than a generation American statesmanship has persistently striven to avoid, ignore or forget an inconsistency in our American institution whose existence is a blot upon our national honor the criminal practice of lynching. Outbreaks like that which held the city of Omaha, Nebraska, in a reign of terror for nine hours, culminating in the felling of one citizen, the serious injury of at least two others, an unsuccessful attempt to lynch the Mayor of the City, and the successful lynching of a prisoner charged with a heinous crime,--are but the eruptive symptoms of a disease which has eaten...
Although the investigation has included all figures up to the present year, the most significant findings have been considered by the committee to be those of 1914-15, that year being chosen in order to avoid confusing factors arising from war conditions, for even though tuition fees in the College and several graduate schools have since been raised, the tremendous increases in operating costs far offset this and the year 1914-15 is thus judged to be the best for normal analysis...
...profit by them throughout life. The spectacle of clever and talented men needlessly stricken with physical disability in the prime of life, so that all their wit and ability must wither, is only too common; it is such useless waste of talent that the University would try to avoid by showing its students how to take care of themselves...