Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that their case is strong even without the Lewinsky evidence, their bargaining position may have weakened and their calculation changed accordingly. Courtesy of Starr, Jones has already won a large share of the credibility she wanted from a jury verdict. An associate describes her as "tired" and eager to avoid the kind of public savaging Lewinsky has suffered. Book deals should make her wealthy. If she were to get out of the case now, she might well be selling...
...absence that "in just one year, Moscow has moved from the grimy, chaotic, Kafkaesque city to a slick, sleek, world-class business capital." As an example of this drastic difference, one study-abroad program's information booklet--published only a year ago--tells its American students that they can avoid being "pegged quickly as an American" by wearing inconspicuous non-brand name American clothing. However, Karen Bradbury, a coordinator of the program, said that this information is already "out-of-date." "Now Americans are the worst-dressed people in this city," she said. A Russian is just as likely...
Those who manage to avoid the lure of slumber during classes often consider their classmates' siesta an act of disrespect towards the professor, not to mention a detraction from the academic environment. "I'm aware that many students of varying classes, creeds and first names find it appalling that their brethren and sethren take for granted the collegiate environment to such an extent that the classroom becomes a legitimate context for the curative processes of sub-conscious retreat," comments Noam I. Weinstein '99, "but maybe people get tired...
Harvard is stressful--stressful enough to turn smooth shoulder muscles into knots the size of golf balls. In order to avoid becoming a walking advertisement for the PGA Tour, some students have decided to action, meeting on six Wednesday nights beginning in late February...
...other hand, there are some students who absolutely cannot stomach the taste of the Cambridge water supply, and are willing to pay through the nose to avoid it. Cage buys Poland Spring because "I have a stigma about water fountains and where water comes from." However, Cage was unable to explain the presence of a large bear in the commercials for her drink of choice. She notes, "I've never seen that commercial, and if I did I probably wouldn't drink Poland Spring...