Word: avoiding
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...Their countries may technically still be at war, but the two Koreas seemed remarkably unified during the Opening Ceremony when they joined hands and marched together for the first time ever. In the spirit of reconciliation, South Korea even trimmed its marching delegation from 400-plus to 90 to avoid overwhelming the smaller North Korean troupe. There was just one problem: Pyongyang had given an inflated estimate of its Olympic squad and had to fly in last-minute participants to bring its delegation up to 90. "The cost of getting them here was worth it," says North Korean delegation member...
...prevent child abductions are taking vacationing families by surprise. Single parents traveling with underage children have been prevented from boarding planes and from entering Canada, Mexico and several South American countries. U.S. policy will soon require the signature of both parents on a child's passport application. To avoid being stranded, mom or dad should carry notarized letters from both parents authorizing the international travel of their child...
...allowing the army to step in and seize control--under the pretext of ensuring stability. That could then trigger a broader clash between the army and the police similar to the one that occurred in Croatia and Bosnia. In Podgorica local government officials say they are working hard to avoid that possibility, despite what many consider provocations from Belgrade...
...film school at the North Carolina School of the Arts, produced the 1996 film "Set It Off." It was violent, raw and rated R, but Pollock says its distributor, New Line, marketed it to young audiences. "People are naive to think marketers are scrupulous in trying to avoid exposing R-rated films to [kids]," he says. "The exact opposite is true." New Line, a subsidiary of Time Warner, had no comment...
Japan is also awash in mergers, but with a difference. Instead of trying to compete with U.S. and European banks, the country's financial institutions are combining to avoid bankruptcy following a decade of recession and bad loans. Simple survival was the driving force behind the recent merger of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo and the Industrial Bank of Japan, three laggard giants whose combined assets of $1.2 trillion make it the largest financial-services company in the world...