Word: avoiding
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...nerve Eshkevari touches is velayat-e faqih, Khomeini's concept that gives the Muslim clergy, in particular its most revered scholar, absolute, God-given authority to govern Iran. Considering that legacy, political reformers avoid challenging it directly. But dissident clerics began questioning the dogma after Khomeini's death, an action that put some 500 mullahs in prison or under house arrest, including the most senior critic, Ayatullah Hossein Ali Montazari, once Khomeini's designated successor. Conservatives are worried that democracy will disembowel velayat-e faqih--and the clerical establishment along with it. "If this debate is not resolved," warns Eshkevari...
...think of him as I read that both Democrats and Republicans look forward to the coming presidential campaign with what seems a high-minded determination to avoid their own dark side. The Bush campaign has ordained, for example, that the GOP convention starting in Philadelphia at the end of July is to be upbeat and positive. Normally, the second night of the convention is devoted to attacking the Democratic candidate. Not this time. All four nights are to be given over to celebrating the compassionate conservative, George W. Bush. Eliminate the negative...
...frustrating that the administration could respond to anything by saying, 'We have a committee, we're looking into it, you have to wait,'" says Amy C. Offner '01, a member of PSLM. "They were just using this procedural device to stall and avoid the question. That was the purpose of the committee...
...says easy solutions to avoid a lawsuit include sending a letter of apology, or helping people find appropriate resources to resolve their problems...
...mitigate this risk as much as possible, OGC provides significant training to various units of the University to avoid legal problems...