Why then is the Greek prime minister so adamant that default must be avoided?
Bernanke believes a deflationary recession must be avoided at all costs and that prosperity can be found in a printing press.
Both Republicans and Democrats agree that the cliff must be avoided.
The reasons are apparently that scars could open up in space, dental problems could cause serious complications, and body odour must be avoided in a confined spacecraft.
After all, that's what such a designation means -- that the institution's failure must be avoided because of its potential impact on the economy or financial system.
Whether or not resources have been deployed wisely, the government has set itself a daunting political imperative: any sign of seasonal stress in hospitals must be avoided.
To be sure, he follows the party line, believing that fiscal prudence means spending cuts, especially on entitlements, and that higher taxes of any sort must be avoided.
All this fragility must be avoided at all costs by strengthening the process by which monies are made available to money market funds managed by Fidelity and T.
This market has been assured from the highest authority, credible or not, that the European Central Bank (ECB) sees no risk of a currency war and that it must be avoided.
Thus, in a typical analysis, the lawyer is focused on a fact-specific transaction and would analyze each and every duty or obligation imposed by law and determine what must be done to comply and what must be avoided so as not to breach some duty imposed by statute, regulation, common law, or the contractual obligations underlying the transaction itself.
"There hasn't been so much as the pretence of negotiations from the Post Office and that must change if strike action is to be avoided, " he added.
The U.S. government narrowly avoided a shut down, but a permanent solution to nagging debt and other budget issues must still be negotiated.
Yet Geithner must have known that talk of "manipulation, " a loaded term scrupulously avoided by the Bush administration, would be seen as inflammatory.
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