Word: avoidance
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...Ely’s tendency to keep to himself and to avoid the flamboyant public gesture might have prevented him from cutting as dashing a swath through this community as some of my more colorful colleagues manage to do,” Tribe wrote in an e-mail. “But for those of us who were lucky enough to be among this very private man’s real friends, his death leaves an enormous rip in the human tapestry...
...advantage of the tremendous arbitrage opportunities available and by purchasing popular books overseas and reselling them on campus at significantly reduced prices. With little additional effort, professors may also be able to find lower cost versions of specific texts for use in their courses. Professors can also help students avoid unnecessarily inflated prices by making a practice of planning and posting their course syllabi farther in advance of the start of class. If students know their book needs early enough, they can make overseas purchases and get the texts delivered on time...
...truly believe that the U.S. has to avoid unilaterism at all costs. Colin Powell and Condi Rice and Don Rumsfeld have put in a tremendous amount of time to create a strategic vision for a new NATO...
Rohypnol is a sleeping pill in Europe, produced by Switzerland-based Hoffman-La Roche Pharmaceuticals. The company’s latest pills turn blue in alcohol to avoid abuse, but there are American manufacturers that produce imitation drugs, according to Dr. Christopher M. Coley, a general internist...
...acts that managed to avoid embarrassment was the guitar duo of Michael Ramos ’04-’05 and Dan Tinkoff ’04. Recruited from the Harvard Jazz Band and told to put something together, they decided they needed to go with a standard for the parent crowd. Their hackneyed choice was Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm,” but against all expectations, they did a splendid job with it. They were just two guys onstage making great music and having a great time...