Word: avoiding
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Currently, the minimum standards at the College require students to earn at least one satisfactory (C- or better) grade and not fail more than one class per semester to avoid being asked to withdraw. To avoid being placed on probation, students must pass all their classes and receive not more than one D in any term. These standards seem especially low. A modest raise in these requirements will not place too great of an academic burden on most students...
...that I forfeit my right to be critical of future administrations. And they misunderstand the concept of a civic society. It has to be argued that voting in the current presidential election may not produce any worthwhile results and that other forms of political participation would allow us to avoid having to choose between the lesser of two evils. Most Americans want to choose between the greater of two goods, but do not see how to achieve this goal...
...similarities between the father's and son's faces made the elder Breistroff an eerie reminder of the past. If he could have traveled back in time to avoid this moment and all the tragedy to Flight 800, he would have...
...resume combat in Chechnya. The Interior Minister last week went so far as to hint broadly that Lebed had links with Chechen organized crime. Even some Kremlin sources who view Lebed's departure with satisfaction are worried about Chechnya. "I don't know if Kulikov has the brains to avoid a renewal of fighting in Chechnya," said the Kremlin adviser. "But the President has to put all his energies into avoiding a further outbreak of fighting." Still, on Saturday, Yeltsin replaced Lebed as chief negotiator in Chechnya with veteran politician Ivan Rybkin, who was also named the new national security...
...province of the Philippines, she bears an uncanny resemblance to former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, which is no accident. From her occasional horn-rimmed glasses to her fondness for bright yellow clothes, Lewis has purposely modeled herself after her personal hero and close friend. Like "Cory," she tries to avoid confrontation, but she won't back down, as the brotherhood at Beatrice has learned...