Word: avoid
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...Still, Washington must tread cautiously if it is to avoid scuttling its hard-won dialogue with Pyongyang. Kim has repeatedly shown his willingness to walk away at the slightest provocation. Just this week, while the U.S. was parleying with the North Koreans in New York, similar talks between Japan and the North in Vietnam hit a roadblock. According to Japan's Foreign Ministry, Pyongyang temporarily suspended negotiations after Tokyo demanded that it account for Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and '80s. Considering how tricky talking to the North can be, just achieving the immediate goal...
Consider KPMG. From 1997 to 2001, the firm sold four types of shelters that helped clients avoid taxes by doing things like putting income temporarily in a tax-exempt entity. The transactions were so complex, it was hard to see a purpose other than skirting taxes. Although the IRS ruled them potentially improper in 2000, experts disagreed about their legality...
...event, KPMG's reluctance to let regulators inspect backup documents pushed the feds' buttons. By 2004, Justice had launched a criminal investigation. A federal indictment helped kill Enron's auditor, Arthur Andersen, in 2002, so KPMG tried to avoid indictment by doing pretty much whatever the government wanted. That included cutting off the payment of legal fees for indicted employees. The groveling worked for KPMG, which dodged indictment, but not for the 16 indicted employees, who couldn't afford their lawyers. A New York federal judge ruled that they could sue KPMG for their legal bills (KPMG has appealed...
...care, they like it. They like to play with it.” But whatever her roommates think about her hamster, Laura still needs to protect it from the prying eyes of her super, and her mom. Zoë has spent time chilling out in the closet to avoid detection, and Laura says she might cover the cage with a towel during the next room check. Morgan M.W. Jessee ’09 sums up the general feeling on the subject, saying pets are okay with her as long as they’re in miniature: “Little...
...Suspects almost always flee the area to avoid apprehension,” HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano wrote in an e-mail statement...