Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Regardless of the technology employed, improved training for election personnel would also help avoid situations like that in Palm Beach County, where election overseers were often just as unsure of the proper procedures as voters...
...thought of stooping to that level has been offensive enough that I've refused to consider it up until now, but I've come to the conclusion that the only way to avoid getting screwed out of my place is to sacrifice my moral [principles]," she wrote in the appeal...
...hope that such measures will be implemented before the next presidential election, to avoid subjecting the public once again to the present electoral uncertainty and legal wrangling. The self-declared stronghold of democracy would be well-advised to make a credible effort towards improving its electoral system. Nothing is more embarrassing to the U.S. than Russian President Vladimir Putin jokingly offering logistical support for our elections...
...they had/have sex. Yikes.) Why, then, did they have to turn it into such a sketchy affair? First, Douglas secured an exclusive $1.4 million deal with OK! Magazine to publish the official wedding photos, knowing full well that every other tabloid would run unauthorized pictures anyway. "I wanted to avoid a media circus," he insisted, but with hundreds of paparazzi barricaded outside the Plaza, it looked awfully like plain greed. Moreover, instead of accepting gifts, the couple requested "donations" into their four-month old son's trust fund. Well, they didn't call it a trust -they used the euphemism...
...resolution failed overwhelmingly in committee. Barkley's vice presidential running mate, Adam M. Johnson '02, said that its failure stemmed from the council's desire to avoid the issue...