Word: eschewing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Therefore, please refrain from the slightly tainted title "Newsstand-buyer" ; eschew it; it irks. Let TIME call subscribers Subscribers ; others, Readers...
...this advise to lead Christian lives of temperance, hard-work and worship were not enough. The rules went on to enjoin all students to "eschew all profanation of the God's name," and further, that 'they studiously redeeme the time" and "diligently attend the lectures without any disturbance by word or gesture...
...expedition, Dr. Walter N. Koelz, radioed his first report to the National Geographical Society. Gray jellyfish, he told about; snails with wings; a fish like the bullhead, with ventral suckers for attaching itself to rocks while feeding; rare arctic birds in little-known summer plumage; land plants which eschew stems to snuggle next the ground and escape the wind; sea kelp, whose writhing shapes even Eskimos often mistook for animal life; carpets of wildflowers, luxuriant timothy, gaudy mosaics of lichen, orange and purple, on the black rock cliffs; the maniacal laughter of sky-filling clouds of dovekies (little auks...
...quantities; the fourth, to impose on by flattery or delusive promises; the fifth, to express sympathy, etc. The Graphic limerick rhymed with "stew" and "chew"; the Home News offered "barbecue" which, they said, is "an animal, roasted whole"; "phew,"?"an expression of disgust or surprise," they made clear; "eschew," which means to "avoid" or "shun," the editors of the Home News told the public so that there would be no mistake about it. Certain readers of the Home News, however?those whom Robert Browning could have complimentedtore up their copies of the sheet and stamped upon the fragments...
...Commission decided to eschew synthetic languages, and to invite the League to favor the selection of a living language as one of the most powerful means for bringing the nations of the world together. English and French must fight...