Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...veneral disease or pregnancy. While she gets a detailed account of the attack--state law recognizes different degrees of rape, so she must determine exactly what kind of attack occurred--another unit officer may collect evidence, such as hair, semen or a cigarette butt. Although officers are trained to avoid asking victims to repeat details of incidents, Sullivan says, "There's nothing like a real-life situation to show that your training is inadequate...
...carried him off, Armand thought back to the first Sunday of Freshman week, when an administrator had told the members of his class gathered in front of Mem Church that, as hard as they tried to avoid it, the admissions office made one mistake every year. Armand had laughed with everyone else, but privately he wondered if there weren't some truth in what the administrator said...
...reassuring sign was the manifest desire on both sides to avoid a violent confrontation. Gierek well knows the danger of using force. In 1970, his predecessor used force against the rioting Gdansk workers. Dozens died in the clashes, and Gomulka was finally forced out. Confronted with similar food-price riots in 1976, Gierek wisely backed down on prices rather than resort to massive force. So far, there is no indication that he intends to reverse that policy...
...court ordered Tekere to surrender his passport, remain in the Salisbury area, and avoid communication with state witnesses or the press. The self-proclaimed revolutionary, who enjoys loyal following among the estimated 25,000 guerrillas still under arms, was allowed to resume his ministerial duties-a fact that led many Mugabe critics to charge that the judiciary was being politically manipulated...
...Soviets engage in subversion, espionage and propaganda against Iranian government interests. But they never insult the Imam [Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini]. As I have often mentioned, the Soviets are no less satanic than the Americans. But they know how to avoid hurting the people's sensibilities...