Word: avoidance
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...want a place to stay?" Abdi Salan has little choice, agreeing to spend $150 for a hot meal, two nights' lodging and a jeep ride north to Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city. The Kufra smugglers convince him that there he can obtain a foreigner identity card, to avoid any trouble with the Libyan authorities. It will cost another $40, and he now has just over $1,000 left. By the time he arrives by bus at Tripoli on June 17, Europe is finally starting to feel close. He's lucky to find a group of Somalis...
...Account Closed France finally agreed on a $760 million settlement with U.S. prosecutors over the allegedly illegal purchase of failed insurer Executive Life by Crédit Lyonnais. Billionaire François Pinault - who made a big profit on the deal - will hand over $185 million but avoid prosecution...
...President George W. Bush first got word from Rumsfeld on Saturday afternoon in a call to Camp David. ?We think we may have him,? Rumsfeld announced, and the President said to keep him informed. The President had already planned to return to the White House early to avoid a snowstorm descending on the mid-Atlantic coast that could have prevented his attending a special Christmas show taping the next day. Bush called Adnan Pachachi, the acting president of the Iraqi governing council, to congratulate him; as they were trying to get him on the cell phone Pachachi was with Bremer...
...imposing, as he moves and bends himself to the whim of his music, and chats with the crowd in his thick accent. The other members of the band seem content to let Andrew be the focus of the group and, despite drummer Gross’ outlandish costume, they avoid the live show’s spotlight...
...want to consider the sexual scene at Harvard, any reasonable person might ask, how could I know about this? Believe me, I’m not a player. Nor have I made a study. I just listen to students, ask questions, and try to avoid a high moral tone...