Word: avoidance
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...ADVANI: My party men chop it out of my speeches, but I won't avoid it. It's an emotional and sensitive issue, but I won't be apologetic about...
...Centuries before La Cosa Nostra was heard of in the U.S., the Mafia operated?even as it does today?as a brigand government in much of Sicily. Though many Italian immigrants had come to the U.S. to avoid just such oppression as the Mafia offers, a few among them formed a new Mafia in the new country. In the crowded 'Little Italys' of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the thugs found easy prey ... Prohibition offered the transplanted Mafiosi the chance they could not have made for themselves. Only they had the organization that could capitalize on the potential...
...Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani, and Iran's close ally on Iraq's interim Governing Council, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, will probably gain positions of influence after the U.S. hands over authority. A senior U.S. diplomat with experience in the region says Iran "will do everything it can to avoid confrontation...
...hold a candle to his charisma—least of all Mr. Bush. So, it’s not fair to judge poor George against such insuperable talent. Where Bush does excel, however—and where Dartboard was supremely impressed—is in his ability to shamelessly avoid questions, of any significance, and turn a random query into a dissertation on how he is (single-handedly) “making the world a better place...
...working under the tutelage of Donald Trump himself. Each episode features a business contest of sorts between two teams in which the winning team gets a taste of Trump’s luxurious lifestyle, while members of the losing team duke it out in a boardroom, trying to avoid the catchphrase, “You’re Fired...