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...patient really won't be able to discern the difference between that and more affordable accommodations. Jon, however, is a somewhat withdrawn, phlegmatic and therefore somewhat unpersuasive man. A slightly shabby scholar in dismal Buffalo, he's writing a book on Brecht, while doing his best to avoid what seems to be a promising relationship or, for that matter, any adult responsibilities. He's a grad student in perpetuity...
James D. Watson, “Avoid Boring People?...
...think and talk about how to fulfill the university’s highest ideals in the context of difficult issues in difficult times. My colleagues voted massively (74-27) to “table” the motion—that is, to end discussion of it and to avoid a vote on it—for various reasons, some of which remain unclear because debate was cut off so quickly...
...Hoping to avoid the slip-ups of the Voith-Gadgil campaign, McGowan says she is keeping the Sundquist campaign “small and focused” with a core staff of 10 to 15 members, and ensuring that all volunteers are familiar with the election’s rules...
...growing interest in India, some analysts say, is also an attempt to avoid putting all their eggs in China's basket. "There is a degree of apprehension over the fact that European [multinationals] are too deeply entrenched in China," says Rajendra K. Jain, professor of European Studies at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University. "There is also concern in Europe over issues such as intellectual property rights violation in China; some 70% of European fakes come from China." Jain says India, whose growth, unlike China's, has been primarily domestically driven, is beginning to look more promising. "The E.U.'s calculation...