Word: avoiding
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...second voice that needs encouragement - the one that faces facts and deals with them. Every alcoholic knows, in some region of the brain, the truth about what he is. But every alcoholic will do almost anything to avoid facing the truth. Moderation management gives the addict a hiding place. It poisonously helps him along in the avoidance, gives him a strategy (14 drinks... wellllll, maybe 16 or 17 this week... or, just this once, maybe, oh, 42) and moral cover (it's all right, you see, I'm in this program...) to continue doing the one thing he must...
...challenge to Yeltsin came from the communists. Rice is even more scathing on last year's Kosovo campaign, which may exemplify what Republicans complain has been a Clinton-era habit of using the military to send messages rather than fight wars, eschewing the principle of that the U.S. should avoid military action at all costs but deploy with sufficient commitment to put victory beyond doubt once the military option is exercised. Besides wreaking havoc with morale, the partial and self-limiting use of the armed forces can undermine the deterrent power of America's military might...
...There are 15,000 reporters here for the Republican National Convention. Tom DeLay's goal is to avoid them all." -Dana Milbank, WP (who else...
...issued a consumer alert against unscrupulous organizations that prey on thousands of senior citizens. With names like Remington Estate Services, they use deceptive practices to pressure victims into setting up living trusts that in many cases are worthless. A living trust, as opposed to a will, allows heirs to avoid probate-court proceedings since the title is vested with a trustee rather than the individual. But they can be costly--$500 to several thousand dollars. Since most people have modest estates, living trusts are not always warranted...
...provide $185 million to combat father absenteeism and $10 million for a project showing fathers' importance --To establish parenting mentors --To save salmon in the Northwest without destroying dams --To help families avoid welfare with work-first services...