Word: avoiding
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According to the Post, Albright's parents were Jewish and only converted to Catholicism in the 1930s to avoid persecution. As such, many of Albright's relatives, including her grandparents, are believed to have died in the Holocaust...
...they are confined to the rooms members deem them fit to enter. It is no wonder that such a controlling environment gives club members confidence to make the kinds of overtures that would be seen elsewhere as inappropriate; Epps is right to advise women that the best way to avoid uncomfortable sexually-charged situations at club events is simply not to attend them...
...know how important things like universal key-card access are to us, but have some logical and secret reasons for denying us our requests. I like to think they are concerned about reading period being nothing more than an extension of the semester, but don't know how to avoid the recurrent problem. I like to think they care about students having a healthy mix of academics and leisure, but don't have a way of insuring this balance...
...court upheld Matsch?s view that seeing the defendants in court could taint a victim's testimony, Congress effectively overrode the court by allowing victims to watch the trial on a closed-circuit television in Oklahoma City, and then testify if they wished during the punishment phase. Seeking to avoid a lengthy court fight that would have delayed the start of McVeigh's trial, Matsch bowed to Congress, but he still believes the law allows him to restrict any witness he thinks has been prejudiced by hearing testimony during the criminal phase of the trial. While a detailed list...
...less happens to him." Critics cite the cases of Rear Admiral Ralph Tindal, who in 1995 was fined, demoted and confined to quarters for 30 days after an affair with a petty officer, and Lieut. Lisa Kelly, who, after liaisons with two enlisted men, had to plea-bargain to avoid a 19-year prison sentence...