Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...schedule that may seem overwhelming to others is, for Rodriguez, an attempt to avoid waste--of precious resources, precious time...
...series of maneuvers to avoid an Overseers' vote on divestment has in many ways demonstrated the wide gap between the University community--whether student protesters, faculty dissenters or overseers--and the inner core that makes most major policy decisions. The gap is especially evident to those divestment activists who hoped to use positions on the Board of Overseers to force the University to sell its South Africa holdings...
Groome also had a tendency to lift the ball into the air like a tee-shot in golf. Opposing players did all they could to avoid stepping in front of Leelee when she wound...
...council's agenda must be overhauled in order to effectively guard student interests and back student efforts. As a nominal representative, the council has an entree to meetings with top administrators; but because it sought to avoid taking stands on controversial political issues, these meetings have effectively relegated important issues to Yard protests. In order for these contacts to be effective, the council must show that it is actually acting on the students' mandate. If the council is to be a catalyst, rather than a hindrance for change, members should be elected more for their platforms than for their popularity...
...Martin stresses that the departments try to protect professors from temporary expansion by one member of the department. "We are wary of projects that call for a tremendous amount of activity and large number of research associates over a relatively short period of time," he says. "We try to avoid sudden glitches...