Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bureau of the Budget,* all other Administration measures must hereafter clear through the Industrial Emergency Committee or the National Emergency Council. This meant that only Mr. Richberg, head of both bodies, could stamp a bill as an official Administration measure. The purpose of this new arrangement was to avoid such situations as occurred last year when different Cabinet members sent conflicting bills to Congress, all as Administration measures. Now when the Congressional colt begins to buck, there will be no chorus of contrary commands, only one voice speaking for the Administration: "Steady! Steady...
Last week's crop of prophecies was the shortest in years. Five years of defeat, frustration and ridicule had taught businessmen to avoid mouth-filling generalities, to stick to harmless forecasts about their own industries. Samples...
This surplus amounted, for the college year 1933-34, to a little over one cent per meal. With such a narrow margin, it is evident that only a slightly increased amount of waste would turn the scale. It is the endeavor to avoid waste which sometimes results in a dish being used up before every one who may order it has been served. This has been known to occur even in the best hotels and clubs...
...feel that if the H.A.A. rigidly adheres to these principles, Mr. Harlow will have the opportunity to turn out teams which will win universal respect. With such a platform, any questions raised by Mr. Harlow's previous coaching positions will become unimportant, since he will avoid in the future any pressure from administrative officials...
...character, as in these comments on their human hosts: "Unable to know good without bad, they congratulate themselves upon being the only creatures for whom both exist. Unable to live long, they claim a special beauty for their limited lives. Unable to conceive eternity, they worship time. Unable to avoid suffering and disappointment, they pretend that these are nobler teachers than felicity and truth. Unable to achieve anything better than the sorriest confusion in their minds, they chatter about the unfathomable variety of the world...