Word: avoiding
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...hard to avoid the conclusion that some of these men - and they are almost all men - belong in jail. But most were too shrewd to cross legal lines; they just danced along them, lingering in the loopholes, playing us for suckers. Now the damage is done, and it's easy enough for them to hide in the complexity of a system few of us understand - a system created by collective irresponsibility. But recklessness is a form of intent, and when the damage is measured in families disfigured by a sudden fear of the future, and parents haunted by the debts...
Joan Xu ’11 said that she sees a distribution requirement as an opportunity to avoid the “fake [Quantitative Reasoning] courses that professors don’t take seriously and students know are there just to fulfill a requirement...
...Khatami supporters characterized the decision as one based on a desire to avoid splitting the anti-Ahmadinejad vote. "Mr. Khatami had said from the start that he would not run as a candidate if Mr. Moussavi decided to run," said an aide sitting in on the final negotiations about Khatami's withdrawal, who requested anonymity. "Now he is only acting on his words. He does not want there to be a split among reformists. With divisions among reformists, there is no chance...
...white Northeastern liberals becomes overbearing at times, it is not easy either to write or perform a play about intolerance in post-September 11th American culture without becoming too preachy. “The Pain and the Itch” comes close to crossing the line but manages to avoid doing so due to the company’s excellent performance and M. Bevin O’Gara’s subtle direction.“The Pain and the Itch” shows how one family’s secrets can affect the life of a complete stranger. Clay...
...backed government was for his FMLN forebears. It's still not clear how ready ARENA and its more hard-line backers are to accept Funes' narrow victory of 51% to Avila's 49%. But Avila's prompt concession was an encouraging sign that El Salvador will probably avoid unrest. And it was just as encouraging a signal that the country may have completed its evolution from a 20th century "tomb" to a cradle of more temperate 21st century politics...