Word: avoidable
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...moderate among the group's inflation hawks and doves, is clearly first among equals and exerts a considerable influence over the FOMC. But as a careful consensus builder, he is also at pains to stake out positions that the rest of the committee can live with--and thereby avoid any risk of being embarrassed by a close vote. "There is a limit to how far the chairman's influence can be extended," Fed governor Laurence Meyer recently explained. "A good chairman sometimes has to lead the FOMC by following the consensus within the committee...
...Gators' booster club, 106 families strong, assigns each player a "foster family" that is his host for the holidays and gives him an elaborate "care package" before each road trip. Several Gators have married local women. Others have refused trades or quit hockey altogether to avoid leaving--the second wave of Canadians to settle here, two centuries after the first. Corey Neilson, a Gator defenseman from New Brunswick, Canada, loves the warm weather, the food and the way the fans simply enjoy the game instead of critiquing it. He says, "It doesn't really get much better than this...
Cohen advises looking into a hybrid mortgage like a 5/25. You get the near-term protection of a fixed rate for five years, and then the rate floats to market levels. Odds are that rates will move down within five years and you'll be able to refinance. Avoid one-year adjustables unless you need the teaser rate and expect a plumper income within 12 months. It's unlikely that market rates will be significantly lower when the teaser rate expires just a year from...
This time it took a week of two-hour walks to return me to fighting form. Even now, though, it's not as if I avoid modern amenities like e-mail and Entertainment Weekly. As a result, I still have real problems physically focusing on big things that are far away for more than a few seconds at a time. As I write this, for example, I sit fifty yards from a row of towering trees at the Cabot end of the Radcliffe Quad. When I try to train a steady gaze on them, however, my eyes quickly jump...
...state of vigilance. In the case of water-borne outbreaks, people become infected after coming into contact with swimming or drinking water that?s been contaminated with sewage and/or human or animal fecal matter. With that delightful image in mind, doctors recommend taking the following precautions around water: Avoid swallowing lake or pool water when swimming; do everyone a favor and don?t swim when you are having gastrointestinal issues; keep children who wear diapers out of the water. Everybody, with the notable exception of a few frustrated E. coli bacteria, will thank you for your diligence...