Word: avoiding
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...completely antagonize the notion that such a group avoid making political power its main agenda,” Kameron A. Collins ’09 wrote in an e-mail to BGLTSA-open. “If trying to fight for cultural capital isn’t political, I don’t know what...
...next big thing on campus: giving up alcohol for Lent. The season of sacrifice is upon us, and the campus Christians are all deciding what to avoid for 40 days. Candy, soda, and swearing are the easy choices reserved for children; the big kids need more of a challenge. Alcohol is the staple of college life, so giving it up is a logical choice...
...International Atomic Energy Agency report said Iran has enough uranium--albeit not weapons grade--to eventually make a bomb. The Bushehr test, which did not use fissile material, was overseen by Russian officials. Moscow will supply the Russian-built plant with nuclear fuel under a U.N. arrangement meant to avoid its potential misuse. The plant should be operational by the end of the year...
...will the city of romance avoid being loved to death? The answer to that is something few might have expected. Increasing Paris' appeal to tourists, experts say, will involve throwing the city's arms open to its surrounding suburbs--including some associated more with blighted housing projects and periodic rioting than with culture-filled summer vacations...
...Herculean fundraiser, helped his archdiocese avoid bankruptcy amid the lawsuits that followed the priest sexual-abuse scandal. He effectively closed a $3 million budget deficit in 2008 and also started a fundraising campaign that he claims has raised $57.5 million in pledges, more than halfway to its goal...