Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your radio show last night with much interest. I was unable to pick it up on KOIL and then I finally located it on station WBBM, Chicago Daily Times. It had been going about five minutes so I missed the introductory part. I thought you leaned over backwards to avoid direct advertising and could really do more of it effectively. I thought the program was well staged and I enjoyed it all myself. JOHN COWLES Associate Publisher Register & Tribune Des Moines, Iowa Sirs: Congratulations. ... I enjoyed the performance tremendously. I thought it very well presented. It sparkled and sizzled with...
...talking with upperclassmen and tutors in the various departments, Freshmen can avoid misunderstanding the nature of the work in any field. The actual problem of choice, however, can be settled only by each individual...
Miss Fontanne had a difficult characterization in Elizabeth for she was a rather colorless, weak sort as the author paints her, and it is hard to make such a person vital in such a play. Aside from her diction and a few unrestrained dramatics that were difficult to avoid, however, she turned in a creditable performance. Mr. Lunt assisted her with no great brilliancy, but as well as his lines would permit. And if the Court Fool was the epitome of Elizabethan wit and humor, "merrie England" is a euphemism...
Most evident was Publisher Howard's effort to realize as much as possible of the "goodwill" for which he had paid so dearly. Busily he sought to avoid unpopularity such as the late Publisher Frank A. Munsey suffered for scrapping seven Manhattan dailies during his career. The first great headline under Howard's streamer WORLD BOUGHT BY THE TELEGRAM, read: PULITZERS PRESENT A $500,000 BONUS TO THEIR EMPLOYES. Alongside it ran Publisher Howard's statement, almost plaintive, almost apologetic in its assurance that "the consolidation means not the death of The New York World...
...alert, active President cannot long avoid trouble. President Hoover's first came within two months of his inauguration. As part of Farm Relief, the Senate wanted an export debenture. Bold and self-confident, President Hoover scotched this subsidy plan, won much public applause. He, said his friends, would show the Senate who was master. Nevertheless, that first victory cost President Hoover the friendship and support of Senator Borah and the Insurgents. A breach in the G. O. P. was then opened that gapes wider than ever today...