Word: avoiding
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Running for office involves many sacrifices. The sacrifice seems especially great when an office already won is traded for an uncertain post. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) has tried to avoid this sacrifice by running in Connecticut's Senate election at the same time he runs for vice president. Although it is understandable that Lieberman would want to retain his place in the Senate if he were defeated, his party and his integrity call upon him to concentrate solely on the vice presidential race...
...pool all the sponsorship money to pay for all our events and website administration, so that each sponsor is effectively contributing to the overall operation of the Club," Seth and Labonte write in an e-mail message. "That way, we avoid any conflict of interest, since the money from one sponsor is not tied to any one event...
...founding of the MWRA was in part an attempt to avoid the quick fix that had characterized Boston's cleanup efforts up to that point and permanently cure the harbor's sewage problems...
...much would the companies be willing to spend to avoid being put at this competitive disadvantage? There's only one way to find out: The senior class should form a union...
...They have had every chance to avoid the situation that confronts us today,'' Bush said. "And now they have nothing but excuses, bad ideas and - as the clock runs out - one last ploy: opening the strategic reserve...