Word: avoiding
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...Here, piles upon piles of used books and magazines (Vogue from three months ago, anyone?), a much-used community bulletin board, and a large selection of herbal teas keep company. Yes, the Bookcellar is also a cafe, but never fear: virtually buried among books, the cafe section manages to avoid any comparison to the yuppiefest at the Coop...
Public consumption of alcohol--while fully clothed--came in a distant second among those polled for a new Harvard tradition. Kate S. Jackson '01 called for students to "drink a can of beer in Annenberg." One senior, remaining anonymous to avoid possible self-incrimination later this semester, says, "Everyone should take a final drunk...
That itch will make this coming weekend awkward for many students, like those who have surreptitiously moved in with a significant other, or those who introduced a boyfriend their first year and who now must introduce (or avoid introducing) a girlfriend, or those who risk their parents' misinterpretation of a friend who is really just a friend or a fling who is really just a fling, or those who would simply prefer to do without their parents' impromptu advice about which of various passers-by they should...
...even hinted that Udolf and Emmick, who just hours before were the targets of a mad round of telephone calls to reporters from Clinton allies, were actually more reasonable than others on the Starr payroll. A White House official watching it all said privately that he was careful to avoid any discussion of the counsel's personnel and methods, fearful that Starr might serve him and others with a subpoena for obstruction of justice. "I am not getting near that," he said...
...fists] Secretary of State William Seward tried to avoid the Civil War in 1861 by offering to abandon Fort Sumter and provoke war with Spain. Lincoln put the kibosh on these plans, and the nationwent...