Word: avoids
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...executives who said they had made hundreds of hires in the past few months that they probably would not have made if the stimulus plan had not passed. In fact, a number of executives said they had even been planning layoffs coming into the year, but were able to avoid them. (See 10 ways your job will change...
...building for more than 30 years, took the podium at the last Faculty meeting of the year to ask administrators to reallocate the funds reserved for the renovations, which he said were estimated to cost at least $50 or $60 million. He added that such a move could help avoid some of the most damaging cuts looming over FAS.But University President Drew G. Faust responded by saying that those funds had been dedicated to development in Allston, and as such would be redirected to related projects and not “issues that you are all facing as a Faculty...
...fact is, humans are increasingly capable of remolding themselves in the image of whatever they choose, with fewer and fewer unpleasant side effects. We can either embrace this development or—as the current inclination seems to be—do everything in our power to avoid it. Our gut pulls us towards the second option, but I think our heads should pick the first...
Rice's historical prescription fell mostly on deaf ears. When Obama stands before his own crowd of Egyptian students, he is likely to avoid her mistakes, and instead emphasize the need for a respectful conversation...
...convinced it is those moments that cause me and most of my fellow classmates to avoid the “What is Harvard like?” question, because the moments are both indescribable and unnerving. Last night, while I was emptying from my bookshelf all the unfinished readings I still had from my freshman seminar, I experienced the feeling again when I realized that my bookshelf will hold the unfinished coursework of many more students...