Word: avoid
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...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don’t want to have to go out on a limb when they don’t know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...
...terror attacks over the years, including six killed by Qassams - knows what should be done. "The government needs to tell Palestinian terrorists, 'If another Qassem falls, we will do this and this and this,' " he said. The government has made a mistake by showing restraint against in order to avoid killing innocent Palestinians, he said. "There only two options: Do you want innocent people killed on this side, or do you want innocent people killed on that side?" Unfortunately, that's just the kind of moral quandary Hamas wants Israel...
...spot in a special upstairs area where living conditions are more tolerable. There, inmates can have access, for a price, even to such luxuries as Direct TV or an Xbox. Some install kitchens in their rooms and pay someone to bring food from outside, so as to avoid the sardines and third-grade meat served in the prison. Funds come from prisoners' families and, in some cases, taxpayers' money in their home countries...
...many medical students, doctors, and nurses. For many of us, the medical duty to serve others and the faith-based call to treat others as we would treat ourselves are mutually reinforcing missions. That doesn’t mean, of course, that we agree with right-wing calls to avoid secular institutions and erase the boundary between church and state...
...adding that he has on occasion studied in Lamont until 6 a.m. “People have different studying patterns, and this definitely is accomodating,” Dilshoda Z. Yergasheva ’09 said. But Chiazotam N. Ekekezie ’08 said she began to avoid Lamont since it moved to the 24/5 schedule. “You’ll see people who sleep here, wake up in the morning, and have a bottle of mouthwash,” Ekekezie said. “People eat here and move in here.” Although...