Word: avoidance
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...ride. Popular with young and old alike, the flat paved walkway follows the former tracks of the since closed Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad. It’s a scenic but shaded path, with some history to complement a leisurely trip that’s accessible for casual cyclists. To avoid city biking, start the trail at the Alewife T-stop...
During my mom’s entire pregnancy, my parents knew I was a girl, but they kept this strictly on the down low to avoid incessant interference from my relatives on choosing a name. They ended up using the gender-neutral “Zane” to refer to me to avoid giving the secret away, and it stuck for the duration. “Zane” was also a family name, belonging to a female relative from a disputed number of generations before...
...chromosome. Last spring, frustrated, I wrote to “Dear Abby” asking if there was a polite way to correct this mistake, but I ended up foregoing her advice to sign all my e-mails with “Ms.” to avoid coming off as pompous...
Bloom and his administration then took steps to revise stipulations on future grants and donations to allow the creation of reserve funds that have grown large enough over the past few years for the school to avoid severe cutbacks in the wake of the economic recession...
...television critics believe the networks botched the coverage of the suicide attacks. Anatoly Lysenko, a pioneer in contemporary Russian television who ran the station banned by the leaders of the 1991 coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, says he thought the channels reported responsibly and helped avoid a citywide panic. "All terrorist attacks are done with the goal of getting news coverage and scaring society," Lysenko says. As to whether the networks likely consulted with senior government officials before airing their reports, he added: "Of course there was an exchange of opinions. Television in our country is too powerful...