Word: avoiding
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While they were reluctant to give up the independence that went along with owning their own company, they realized that by selling Stylus, they would avoid the challenges of hiring more programmers and developing an XML server...
...interest, Let's Go is more lenient. This means stories like that of Lindiwe Dovey '01, who selected her boyfriend to write for the South Africa guide she was editing. The young man, Nick P. Weiss '00, was the best candidate for the job, Dovey maintains. And, to avoid a fight, Dovey ran her choice by the upper echelons of Let's Go management. Since Weiss had worked well for Let's Go before, they signed off on the hire. "It wasn't nepotism," Dovey explains. Weiss complements her strengths. "He's a computer science major. I'm into writing...
...Throughout the question and answer period, the raised hands of the gray-shirted Keyes youth minions go unnoticed as the candidate takes on all challengers. After the speech, the University of Wisconsin student approaches the candidate and tells him that the microphone-handler was deliberately trying to avoid...
People who avoid the library were not necessarily born bad students, according to Professor Ellen J. Langer. Their poor study habits are merely the product of a negative environment...
...indirectly confirming Israel's nuclear capability," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "There's even been a low-key debate among scholars and thinkers over whether the ambiguity serves any constructive purpose. But its primary purpose today may be that it creates an excuse for the U.S. to avoid coming down hard on Israel." Just don't tell Pakistan or India...