Word: avoiding
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...Eagles' success was starting pitcher Paul Knapic. Despite a shaky start, including three straight walks in the first inning, Knapic effectively neutralized the Crimson lineup with a good combination of off-speed pitches and high heat. Working quickly from the windup, the righthander pitched smartly to avoid bad situations. He threw seven strong innings, striking out a career-high nine while giving up only five hits and one earned run to improve his record...
...care-free kid again? In one afternoon, you can hit Ripley's Believe it or Not, The Dungeon of Tortures, The Rock Star Wax Museum, Clown Heaven and Robot World all for about $20. It's all about cross-cultural exchange-urban families are flocking to Wisconsin to avoid the Orlando crowds and to expose their children to the wonders of gem mining, fishing and cooking your own meat. Will it last? Of course not. All the more reason to book your flight to Wisconsin ASAP. (On a side note, I'm pretty sure there are no airports...
...Discussions have been going on about how best to avoid the gender restriction, while carefully respecting the terms of the original gift," Knowles wrote in an e-mail message yesterday. "Dean Dunn and I agreed that since these discussions were inconclusive, we could not award the prize this year, but we firmly aim to resolve them so that--in some (though necessarily changed) form--it could be awarded next year...
...Professor of German Eric Rentschler says he doesn't have a problem with students skipping his class. And to avoid jinxing himself, he has never allowed lectures to be videotaped...
...Department correspondent Elaine Shannon. "But things aren't done here the way they're done in a dictatorship, and there may yet be a lot of litigation before the boy is reunited with his father. Plainly, the Cuban exile leadership are going to do everything in their power to avoid giving...