Word: avoiding
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...twirling in circles until the world spun wildly and you couldn't stand on your feet? That's how many of my former patients described their disorienting bouts with dizziness--especially the elderly ones. As many as 38% of older Americans struggle to keep their world stationary, trying to avoid dangerous falls and potentially life-threatening injuries. Dizziness is so common among seniors that patients and their doctors tend to write it off as an inevitable consequence of aging...
...however, that the crusaders spoiled such a valuable opportunity to really tackle Buchanan's message. As much as we would like to dismiss Buchanan as a stone-age bigot and group him alongside David Duke, such a characterization is not entirely accurate. Buchanan has somehow managed to avoid the oblivion of the fringe. For starters, his philosophy of "economic patriotism" is based on ideas that are popular across the political spectrum. On issues such as free-trade and globalization, Harvard students should keep in mind that in addition to millions of blue-collar workers, Buchanan can claim the sympathies...
...warfare between the two countries. Remember, while each side has a collection of nuclear weapons, they have little by way of structures and procedures governing their use - mutual surveillance systems, hotlines and all the other comprehensive mechanisms developed by the U.S. and the Soviets during the Cold War to avoid a nuclear confrontation...
...Avoid the dot-coms, avoid the easy route of investment banks," Scheck told the half-full Ames Courtroom. "You're going to do a lot better by going out and looking at these cases...
...council's major roles is to allocate money to student groups. Every year, the finance committee receives many funding applications from various student groups. This money is allocated on the basis of need: The finance committee and the council make a conscious effort to avoid bias in deciding the funding amounts. This process is used to make two types of grants: grants to groups for general expenditures and project-based grants. This process should remain objective and its integrity is protected by the council constitution