Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because of that Bolotin wants to avoid that controversial issues that have come up with the council such as funding for the reserve officers Training Corps and legislation concerning Social responsibility...
...Music, will once again generate numerous comparisons between the style and sound of the Bay Area band and the R&B legends of the 1970s, such as Kool and the Gang and the Commodores. The retro stamp is not necessarily a label that the band should seek to avoid. In fact, Tony Toni Tone has become one of the most unique and outstanding contemporary groups because they have reinterpreted key elements of the classic soul tradition...
...first, we shun such fawning. We tell our family and friends that we go to school in Boston and avoid dropping the H-bomb that might make lesser folk uncomfortable. In polite conversation, we grow adept at unconsciously substituting "major" for "concentration," "resident advisor" for "proctor" and "TA" for "TF." We pretend we go to a school like all other schools, only with a slightly higher average GPA and a slightly worse football team...
...will probably avoid that path and use Garden Street or Mass. Ave. instead," he said...
...Security Council members voted for Boutros-Ghali anyway, attempting to avoid irritating Africa and rocking the U.N. boat, as well as protesting Washington's high-handedness in easing him out. Last June, without a word to U.N. friends, a senior State Department official told the New York Times it would not permit the Secretary-General to serve a second five years. The move angered U.N. members as a blatant sop to election-year criticisms from right-wing Republicans. Third World sensitivities have been trampled, and allies are annoyed they weren't consulted. Others are furious at U.S. cheek in dictating...