Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard-to-judge religion issue, the relative impacts of the Kennedy and Nixon personalities, the uncertainty over whether Ike could transfer some of his popularity and prestige to Nixon, the reluctance of so many voters to reveal their choice-the pollsters qualified their predictions and wished that they could avoid any stand at all. But the likeliest forecast seemed to run from a close Nixon victory to a Kennedy electoral landslide...
...expressions before dashing under the marquee in the escort of an umbrella-holding doorman. Several days later, Elizabeth had a far closer call from an overhead peril. Ordinarily, when she flies in her own realm, her air travel is known as a "purple flight," and all aircraft must avoid her route by ten miles. Flying back home from a visit to Denmark, Elizabeth had no such protection as she jetted along near the West German-Dutch border at a 35,000-ft. altitude. The Queen missed the end of her reign by an estimated 50 ft. Angling...
...insisted that the new credit easing was a routine seasonal matter, but bankers and economists viewed it as a measure clearly designed to aid the static economy. One reason for FRB's caution is that it wants to avoid any sharp change in interest rates lest it step up the U.S. outflow of gold to nations with higher interest rates (see The Solid Gold Problem). Even more important, FRB is moving slowly because, like everyone else, it is unsure about where the economy is going - and whether it needs a nudge or a big push of easier credit...
...several reasons the requirements of the Corps will discourage young people seeking to avoid military service, according to drafters of the Act: 1) the period of service is three years, a year longer than normal military service; 2) there are no veterans' compensations; 3) members will frequently have more arduous tasks than men in military service...
Conservatives have produced no critical examination of local control's proper role in education; liberals, who protested the NDEA affidavit so vigorously, have denied that Federal control is a danger. And nobody has discussed ways to avoid Federal control with a measure of intelligence...