Word: avoiding
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...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't want to go out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...
...possible, as Harper says, that an older scholar may resist new modes of thinking, though we certainly hope to avoid making that kind of appointment. But it is at least equally possible that after receiving tenure a younger scholar may grow comfortable, cease to pursue active scholarship and resist new modes of thinking. There are many good reasons for promoting Faculty members "from within," but doing so cannot guarantee that a department will thereby be made more vital and interesting in the long run. In many tenure-track departments the reverse has in fact happened...
...said that improved shuttle services allowed her to avoid midnight strolls through Cambridge Commons...
...extent, but I try to avoid negative criticism, because for the most part, it's just hateful...
...other characters seem mute and unable to connect with each other; Antony has to filter his decisions through Cleopatra's ultimate judgment and there are moments when no one listens at all when he speaks. Even Antony's friend Eros, to avoid a verbal disagreement with Antony when he orders her to kill him, kills herself instead. Feinstein's Antony is memorable and portrayed excellently, but the helplessness of his character makes one view his emotional tirades like those of a child. Everyone, save Cleopatra and Caesar, seems to float alone through the story, which is why the Victorian setting...