Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...John Stokes, 58, a man with numerous traffic violations, including three speeding tickets received within a year. His license was supposed to have been suspended, but Stokes completed a safety class and won probation. Meanwhile, investigators were looking into evidence that Stokes may have dodged the crossing gates to avoid waiting for the oncoming train. Stokes insists the lights at the crossing did not flash...
...their markets become saturated, businesses reduce their investments, setting in motion a dangerous cycle: less investment, fewer jobs, less consumption and even less reason for business to invest. The economy may reach perfect balance, but at a cost of high unemployment and social misery. Better for governments to avoid the pain in the first place by taking up the slack...
...next quarter-century. As the U.S. economy boomed, the government became the nation's economic manager and the President its Manager in Chief. It became accepted wisdom that government could "fine-tune" the economy, pushing the twin accelerators of fiscal and monetary policy in order to avoid slowdowns, and applying the brakes when necessary to avoid overheating. In 1964 Lyndon Johnson cut taxes to expand purchasing power and boost employment. "We are all Keynesians now," Richard Nixon famously proclaimed. Americans still take for granted that Washington has responsibility for steering the economy clear of the shoals, although...
Plaguing cross-campus relationships may actually be unrecognized blessings. Geographical separation forces members of a cross-campus relationship to plan dates, call often (or, at all) and generally avoid taking each other's company for granted. It eliminates a fundamental problem with collegiate relationships--that couples see far too much of each other...
...NOTE: Avoid excessive wearing of the House T-shirt. Everyone knows how much you paid...