Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meantime, Clinton appeared to be laying the groundwork for a disclosure of his own when he said he could not remember whether he too had solicited campaign money at the White House. The President seemed eager to avoid a trap of his own making, telling reporters he could not flatly rule out ever saying "while I was talking to them [supporters], 'Well, we need your help' or 'I hope you'll help us.'" But after the press conference, a White House aide told TIME that Clinton has been overheard asking donors in receiving lines and at informal gatherings for "support...
...even in the leanest machine, it's hard to avoid such accoutrements of the '90s as logo-design consultants, glossy blue press packets and focus groups that mall-test key words to see which ones grab people's attention. Deaver's p.r. firm, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, is billing its services at a 20% discount; Deaver is donating his. Powell is not going to put up with the kind of waste made notorious by charity balls and the United Way scandal, in which money was spent to raise more money and lavished on salary and perks. The two founding partners...
...Homa is the final stage of an attempt to surround the city "with a ring of primarily Jewish neighborhoods." This cutting off of Jerusalem from surrounding Palestinian areas is precisely the kind of attempt to pre-empt the status of the city that the Oslo accords were framed to avoid. The status of the city is to be decided. Israel has already made its decision...
Miles Simon scored nine of his 11 points during that late stretch. The rally allowed Arizona (20-9) to avoid losing in the first round for the fourth time in six years...
...Granger's most famous works was a partly autobiographical play that describes the life of an idealist American law student who flees to Canada to avoid the draft...