Word: avoiding
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...Clock by Michael Ragozzino '01. IBOC, as the program refers to the play, attempts to explore the complexity of human identity within the framework of a world dominated by a linear fixation on the passage of time. In The Well, a bar so seedy that even the homeless avoid it, Matthew Circland (Jay Chaffin '01) must confront three alternate manifestations of himself from ages 12, 21 and 42 along with his father and ex-fianc; time no longer exists within the inescapable confines of this twisted reality, leaving both the characters and the audience guessing how much we may change...
...proposal was phrased in technical terms in the city manager's agenda--a move which some said was meant to avoid public discussion on the matter...
...last week a judge ordered the tapes released to the victims' families who are suing Jefferson County for mishandling the rescue. Although fire officials and the sheriff's department strongly opposed public distribution of the video, the county attorney made the tapes available to individuals and news organizations to avoid additional lawsuits. The $25 price tag, the attorney said, covers the cost of production and distribution...
...consume only about 5% of total corporate profits. At the German chemical company BASF, CEO Jurgen Strube collects about $300,000 worth of options a year. "In the U.S., you have CEOs who earn more than $100 million on their options," says BASF vice president Hans-Otto Brinkkotter. "We avoid that...
...benefit of such fast pacing is that Allen can also use more characters than the average comedy and develop them equally - even though it's frothy, this is still situational comedy, far more sophisticated than virtually any other comedy that hits the big screens nowadays. Allen always manages to avoid carboard characters - even when they actually are one note jokes. Mira Sorvino in Mighty Aphrodite, Jennifer Tilly in Bullets Over Broadway, and now Elaine May as Frenchy's cousin in Small Time Crooks - the bumbling, doltish female in these films does little more than spout inane observations, but they manage...