Word: avoid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Meanwhile the candidates are trying to avoid being “dogged” by issues that troubled their predecessors. To dog, according to the OED: “to follow pertinaciously,” “pursue” or “track.” The New York Times reports that a new round of Bush campaign ads aims to counter “charges by Democrats that Mr. Bush has lost touch with the people, a charge that had dogged his father in 1992.” Kerry, on the other hand...
That is the way teams are selected and seeded for the tournament. Into what regional site the teams are placed is subject to a number of other criteria, including the need to avoid conference matchups in the first round, the requirement that any regional host school will be placed at their site, a desire to match the seeds against their opposites (i.e. the overall No. 1 should ideally play the overall No. 16), a requirement to have teams travel as little distance as possible if circumstances allow, and a hope to maximize attendance across all four regional sites...
...Iraq and the rest of the Arab world. The Bush administration has typically set "red lines" for Israel in terms of its handling of the Palestinians, and while Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has systematically pushed back those red lines over the past three years, he has tended to avoid crossing them. Sharon has repeatedly made clear, for example, that the reason he has refrained from assassinating Yasser Arafat is U.S. pressure. The administration knew of the Israeli desire to eliminate Sheikh Yassin, for the simple reason that Shron's government had tried and failed to do so late last...
...players take 75% of league revenue, compared with 58% in the NBA), although they don't seem eager to cut the jobs of all those goons by eliminating fighting. Still, Davidson hopes the "black eye to the sport" will force the league to confront its precarious situation and "avoid the work stoppage before we lose more people than we can afford...
...Physical Activity and Metabolism. He says that if he can do that with Pravachol, he uses Pravachol. If not, he uses one of the other five statins currently available--depending on his patient's condition and insurance requirements. It's also important to use the lowest dose possible to avoid complications like muscle pain and body aches...