Word: avoidance
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Then again, he and Cheney are just enlarging on what everybody is already thinking?that even if we can avoid a real recession, meaning two consecutive quarters in which the economy shrinks, a slowdown in the rapid growth of the ?90s is plainly in store. The dwindling nasdaq says it all. If those sputtering dotcoms are the economic engines of the future, then the future?s just not what it used...
...picture? More Republican retreads and old pros, and plenty of low profiles. Of course, most Cabinet members slip into obscurity by the time the new term gets underway, but Bush seems determined to avoid any controversies he can in the meantime. Next week: labor secretary, energy secretary, transportation secretary, UN representative, and most of the rest of the White House staff...
...model to avoid...
Putin has thrown down the gauntlet, but the Bush Administration is full of old Cold Warriors. The challenge will be to develop a foreign policy that makes good on treating Russia as a competitor rather than an ally, but avoid alienating Washington's European allies who're already nervous about Bush's missile defense plans...
...There aren't any rules about what we'll see, though I think the heartwarming decision in 1987 to go to Throw Momma from the Train (speaking of matricide) has certainly influenced our choices in years since. Familial resentment should be the subtext of a holiday, not the text. Avoid any story line that requires you to lean across your father during the movie and whisper, "I love...