Word: avoids
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...customers we normally would have pass around our store because of the construction,” she said. Vehicular traffic is also on the decline, due to frequent detours and a message released last week by the Cambridge Department of Public Works advising motorists to avoid Harvard Square entirely during construction. “If the cars aren’t driving down here, they’re not noticing us,” Welcome said. “They’re not noticing any of the stores.” Another Harvard Square business going unnoticed and feeling...
...Heading into the final round at the championships, the Crimson players found themselves up 10 strokes, and hoping to avoid a last-day choke...
...meanings of the paintings then the paintings aren’t any good.” He likes to paint alone, and when painting outside tends to “wear headphones and scowl at anyone who comes within a hundred feet,” so as to avoid discussions with onlookers about unfinished pieces. Of his audience, Powers says “You want to hit them over the head. You want to give them something they wouldn’t necessarily expect.” Powers plans to continue animating the inanimate after graduation, when he will travel...
...released. Tsvangirai may, in fact, be on the verge of making a triumphant return home. On Tuesday, electoral officials are at last expected to announce the results of the presidential poll, which Tsvangirai insists that he has won by a margin greater than the 50% majority he needs to avoid a runoff race against Mugabe...
...example, many carriers promote their text messages heavily but set the default limit for new customers unrealistically low, hoping that many will surpass it and rack up huge additional fees in their first month. What’s especially frustrating is that using text messages is hard to avoid. Even if carriers didn’t make it difficult, if not impossible, to call and disable the feature, friends serve as the biggest exit barrier. People who send a text message expect another back in reply, especially during lectures or movies where talking is taboo...