Word: avoidance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...separately illuminated for the study of minute details. For this purpose the figure is equipped with 20 pairs of lamps. Since these are of only four volts each, the exhibit has its own motor-generator. No more than a few organs are lighted at one time, to avoid overheating...
Threading his way through congested Sunday traffic near Chicago last week, many a motorist with an automobile radio heard a voice interrupt the program with such comments as: "All motorists from Joliet bound for points east of Hammond should use U. S. Highway No. 6 to avoid a detour on Route No. 30 between New Lenox and Frankfort...
Dogman Terhune had published in the August issue of Reader's Digest a brief essay entitled "Beware of the Dog" which consisted mainly of advice on how to avoid being bitten. A dog which comes up with high head and loud barks, observed Mr. Terhune, does not intend to bite. If the animal approaches with head down and low growls, it probably means to bite but will frequently be too puzzled to do so if the person stands with feet together and hands on chest. That dogs are inclined to attack people who are afraid of them Author Terhune...
...keep his insurance in force. This switching makes the merchant vulnerable because the July contract, which he has to buy back, may be squeezed up at the last moment, whereas the October contract, which he plans to sell, may not rise at all. The only way he might avoid loss is to deliver his real cotton against his contract for future cotton. On the New York Cotton Exchange the rule used to be that the only acceptable place for delivery was the Port of New York. And a good squeeze was so engineered that the merchant could not possibly ship...
...worth of Utilities Power & Light debentures-40% of the holding company's funded debt. In making these huge purchases the market price of the debentures nearly doubled. But the fact remained that the holding company could not continue to pay interest out of capital indefinitely. To avoid a 77B reorganization something had to be done...