Word: avoiding
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...added that when she spoke with members of the group Saturday, they said they had "decided to try to avoid situations that may result in their arrest...
Committee member Alfred B. Fantini--who at one point moved to approve the entire budget wholesale, in a motion that wasn't seconded--said he wanted to avoid public budget disputes like the one over home economics...
Tommy Lee Jones '69 brought his brand of caustic Southern humor back to Harvard Friday afternoon, advising a group of theatrically-inclined students to avoid at all costs becoming actors...
Many conditions, like the strained muscles I've experienced, will heal on their own, but it's important to know what activities should be curtailed to avoid reaggravating them. Don't be overly concerned if your doctor prescribes morphine-derived opioids, such as Dilaudid or Percocet. They're in the most effective class of pain relievers around. Some doctors have been reluctant to recommend them for fear of contributing to addictions, and, as a survey of minority neighborhoods in New York City showed last week, inner-city pharmacies are less likely to carry them than are pharmacies in white areas...
...Police are determined to avoid a repeat of the chaos of Seattle. But is this necessary? The protests are unlike those in Seattle in several key respects. For one thing, unlike Seattle, organized labor decided to sit this one out (instead focusing on lobbying the Clinton administration against China's entry into the WTO), which meant there are far fewer protesters in the streets. And many of the attendees in Seattle from Third World countries agreed with some of the protesters' points, making it easier to disrupt the meeting there. All of which means the police action could...