Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strongly disagree with the use of the low nationwide pool as an excuse to avoid or delay seeking a solution. We all know that the numbers are low--we thus want to rectify that problem...
...doing the class gift would avoid endorsing Harvard's investment policy, and it would also create a unified goal for the class that would have a beneficial impact on the community that hosted us for four years. As the goal would be to meet the needs of this particular project, and not to maximize the full potential of each class members giving power, this type of gift would unify rather than stratify the class...
...roof blown off should not be able to fly. As Aloha 243 abruptly lost altitude, passengers began singing hymns and bracing for a crash. "I was quite sure we weren't going to make it," said Becklin, a University of Hawaii astronomer, who told of ducking his head to avoid the debris streaming from the remnants of the fuselage. "The plane was disintegrating so pieces were falling off it, molding was coming down, and the wind was catching it. The hole up front got bigger and bigger, and I knew it was just a matter of time before the plane...
...drug lords have responded to the narcotics crackdown in a particularly devastating manner. To avoid the harsh jail sentences mandated by new federal and state laws, kingpins are using teenagers to distribute drugs on the streets...
...twice intervened in Law School affairs in the last few years. Bok's actions, which included the first reversal of law tenure by a Harvard president, can bring no solutions to problems which must be solved by the faculty members themselves. The school needs consensus to avoid such clashes of power that in many eyes have raised profound governance questions...