Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Though the President advocated a reduction of Quemoy forces provided that the Communists pledged a ceasefire, he did not waver on the question of Communist expansion. "The basic issue, as we see it," he said in October, "is to avoid retreat in the face of force...
...French were floored. "American troops," declared Debre, when he had pulled himself together, "are absolutely necessary in Europe, and we want to avoid anything that could lead to an American withdrawal...
Dressing Down. Susskind managed to bring up nearly every subject of East-West difficulty from Berlin to the Congo, trying to avoid questions that would-as he put it later-"open a dialectical can of peas." But the peas soon spattered all over the screen, because Susskind insisted on talking to Khrushchev not as a reporter but as one statesman to another, and because he loaded his imprecise questions with long, patriotic declarations clearly designed to demonstrate Susskind's own political soundness (pressure against the show from all sides, including general dicta from the State Department, had produced...
...those of the traditional, Honors-only tutorial. Ordinarily, students are assigned to tutors within their own House. The groups meet every two weeks for at least an hour, carrying a work load approximately equal to that of a half course spread over a full year. Also, Perkins tries to avoid situations where tutors cover the same material with different groups...
...violation of business ethics, most businessmen believe that conflict of interest is simply bad business. They insist that it forces executives to give less than their best to their own company, needlessly exposes the company to the peril of stockholders' suits and a damaged public reputation. To avoid even the appearance of wrongdoing, many a U.S. executive could well recall an old Chinese proverb: "When passing through your neighbor's melon patch, do not stoop to tie your shoe...