Word: avoiding
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Women patients divided neatly into three groups, according to age. Those under 20 were nearly all Jewish, but their desire for nose-bobbing, said Jacobson, was motivated by a desire to avoid social stereotyping-not a denial of their religion. Patients between 21 and 30, on the other hand, were almost all Protestants; many had achieved professional success. Said Jacobson: "They came at a time when success in their chosen work highlighted a sense of frustration and block in their emotional capacity for dealing with courtship and marriage." Women over 30 also had a common motive: marital strain. "Correction...
Members of the Department believe the integrated approach will avoid the duplication occurring with the present system and allow material to be taught in direct relationship to problems involving it. The Department hopes that the new approach will prove "more exciting" to the student, Westheimer declared...
Finally, I should like to commend to your close attention a study now being made under the direction of Mike Hornblow '62. It deals with the various ways a college student can fulfill or avoid his service obligation to Uncle Sam. Donald J. Eberly, Assistant Director, International Students Office...
...external mechanism influences human activity. Since man's environment becomes less and less influenced by 'natural forces' and more and more by social forces determined by man, he himself can take control over his fate." Enter birth control. Von Foerster declares that if mankind wants to avoid the doomsday of infinitely crowded population, it must establish a control mechanism, a "peoplo-stat," to keep the world's population at a desired level. This can be done at present by what he considers comparatively painless methods, such as heavy taxation on families with more than two children...
This system has been field-tested on transmission lines carrying 138,000 volts, and has proved a time and labor saver. But linemen must learn new habits to use the system safely. With their bodies charged with electricity straining to reach the ground, they must avoid all grounded objects. Poles and towers, which were friendly and safe under the old system, are enemies now. Brushing against them will bring the instantaneous fate that comes to nose-touching squirrels...