Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...change would correct some of the difficulties in the administration of the new rules. Many dormitory presidents have complained that under the present system upperclassmen sign out considerably later than the time at which they actually plan to return in order to avoid the possibility of being late and incurring punishment...
...exactly how many students are involved in precisely what cliques or even more important, how many students are influenced. Cal is most certainly not of the Mid-western breed--there are no football idols and there is certainly not as much diehard campus spirit. Berkeley is sophisticated enough to avoid such conformity...
...time plumped for neutralism instead of NATO. Last week Wilson reassured everybody that the Labor Party "stands firmly by NATO." And he added, "We should expect to have a very happy relationship" with Washington. In a recent Commons speech he argued that Britain should avoid the needless expense of a separate nuclear deterrent, but nevertheless should have a voice in deciding when the West (i.e., the U.S.) uses its nuclear power: "There must be no annihilation without representation...
...companies-led by Diners' Club. American Express, and Carte Blanche-hope to grow still bigger by trading on an unusual commodity: embarrassment. Since IRS Commissioner Mortimer Caplin has ruled that expense account items for entertainment costing $25 or more must be substantiated, they are counting on businessmen to avoid the unpleasantness of asking for a receipt in front of guests by flashing a credit card; the receipt for the billing serves the customer as evidence of the expenditure. Even in the unlikely event that businessmen are less subject to embarrassment than they expect, the card companies, after difficult beginnings...
...will have been paid. If the shift were made suddenly from the old to the new system, it would cause a doubling up of payments, raising the tax burden of corporations 50% in one year. The Administration thus proposes to stretch the transition over five years, but it cannot avoid the overlapping of payments from one year to the next...