Word: avoided
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Learning was not limited to the newcomers, though. Veterans of the movement could not avoid learning something new even if they tried. An abundance of workshops were offered with topics ranging from the basic to advanced...
Stobaugh, Yergin and their Project colleagues avoid this trap. They rule out natural gas as a solution, arguing that the deregulation of interstate prices will not make substantial additions to U.S. gas reserves. Coal's contribution in the short term is uncertain because uncertain demand for the fuel by electrical utilities has made the railroads, coal's key transportation link, hesitant to upgrade their service. Moreover, opposition to the environmental hazards of coal usage (which include black lung disease, the scarring of the land by strip mining, and air, water and thermal pollution) cause the Project to condemn coal...
Earl Weaver looked on first in anguish, then in outrage. The relief pitcher he had brought in to protect a two-run lead over the Oakland A's last week hit one batter and sent another sprawling to the ground to avoid a beaning. Bad enough, but then Home Plate Umpire Rich Garcia claimed that the pitcher had nicked the third hitter on the hand. In a flash of anger, the manager of the Baltimore Orioles came bellowing out of the dugout. "I heard wood...
...Jerusalem on private business-even though his journey was embellished with nearly all the trappings of a state occasion (see box). In fact, Kissinger was quite apologetic about the coincidence of the trips. Said he: "It is my fate to wait for months to return in order to avoid complications, and with my enviable sense of timing to arrive at the same time as my old friend Strauss." The old master of shuttle diplomacy also had ready praise for the novice. "You're the right man for the job," he told Strauss, "and you're doing beautifully...
Weber does not say how far an employer can go to give preference to minorities over whites. But to be safe from Weber-type challenges, an affirmative-action program would have to avoid excluding whites altogether, deal with job categories that have traditionally been segregated, and avoid firing whites to make room for blacks. It also must be "temporary." Justice Brennan noted with approval that when the percentage of black skilled workers at the Kaiser plant approximates the percentage of blacks in the local labor force, the program will...