Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then the Democrats were worrying about such luxuries as appearing graceful in the victory they now expect. The White House was careful not to start the victory dance; advisers were put on "gloat patrol" to avoid annoying wavering Republicans. Clinton, having again asserted his mastery of his craft, cannot be seen celebrating dismissal or acquittal in a trial that has left so much blood on the floor. "It is not our purpose to embarrass the Republican leadership," said New Jersey's Robert Torricelli. The only way out is a careful one. "This is a dance that everyone must do together...
...business, Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firm's outsider status as the key to its success. Stratfor's briefs don't sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. Stratfor, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent voice. The Web's resources provide such a tremendous advantage that the Stratfor team has already been able to do away with at least one staple of 20th century spycraft. Says Friedman: "We never...
...Theses written by students who only write them in order to avoid not getting honors are also not likely to be terribly exciting proofs of academic accomplishment," Sollors says...
...Besides the presence of 700 Western observers and opposition from Russia, NATO's prime concern may be to avoid taking sides in a war where they support neither combatant. "NATO doesn't want to be the air force of the KLA rebels," says Dowell. "But the Serbs have thrown down the gauntlet, and failing to respond would make NATO look impotent...
...safest move is simply to avoid the Net stocks or make a backdoor bet on established firms that don't have .com in their names but are making money off the Net anyway. Those include Cisco and Lucent, which make the equipment that runs the Net, and Federal Express, which delivers much of the stuff we're buying online...