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With their current offer the board is given the option of protecting themselves by rehiring every three years to avoid firing. We also want to protect experienced teachers.

With them closing the road like this, basically without giving anybody any notice, it's almost like they wanted to avoid pressure from the neighborhood public there. If they would have announced this a couple of months ago, people would have started complaining - and they might not have gotten their project done.

What's stunning about their ability to raise reasonable doubt there is that the facts clearly show that he intentionally slit her throat despite his jailhouse confession to the contrary. Somehow Brittain and Williams raised enough reasonable doubt on that question to avoid the needle.

We would urge both Congress and our international partners to avoid the temptation to renegotiate the deal,

What has become clear is that if society wants to avoid future disasters, it should do two things ? prevent even greater disruption to the climate system and prepare for the climate changes already set in motion. There is urgency on both fronts, reducing emissions and preparing to adapt.

U.S. meat and poultry employers put workers at predictable risk of serious physical injury even though the means to avoid such injury are known and feasible, ... In doing so, they violate the right of workers to a safe place of employment.

We feel that the owner has challenged us to avoid environmental impacts where we can.

We are providing a cleaner source of water to avoid any health problems, and in the second instance we're providing for the needs of women and children so they have access to water all day.

We believe that the family has had a role in helping him avoid arrest.

We believe that the (federal government) has sole authority to regulate fuel economy in order to avoid a patchwork quilt of fuel economy regulations.

We're in communication with every resource available. We want to avoid any taxpayer burden.

We've all been told at one point in our lives that we should avoid eating meals late at night as it will lead to weight gain.

We've all been told at one point in our lives that we should avoid late-night snacks as they will lead to weight gain. In reality, however, this belief is not based in fact. We conducted a review of previous data on the topic and found no real evidence that this was true.

We've always been able to avoid publicity. We don't even have our name on the front of our building.

Through outsourcing, they can essentially avoid responsibility for safeguarding consumer information and privacy,

Walk around the office, avoid taking the lift or drop something on the floor and stretch to pick it up. The body loves movement, we are born to move and when you're static you feel terrible. Movement and flexibility are key.

As I intimated last evening England needed to have 20, 30, 40 more runs on the board to avoid all this!

A simple way to avoid companies with great prospects but little upside price potential would be to avoid those with extremely favorable mean ratings. In that vein, investors focusing on those companies with unfavorable mean ratings and, of course, prospects for a turn in business fundamentals can sometimes be rewarded quite handsomely.

Dr. Kremchek felt that from his studying the MRI, it would be nothing to stop him from being available once Spring Training opens. Why we're doing it now is to avoid a sprained ankle that would set back his rehab. We're just trying to give ourselves the maximum amount of time, no matter what it is.

During times of war it is the responsibility of every citizen to inspire the valiant to engage them in war. One should avoid waiting for invitation. One should always be ready to strive for welfare of others. This is the path of truth itself.

Dustin got two fouls in the first 30 seconds, so we had to sit him early. He managed to avoid fouling out, but we needed to spot him in and out throughout the game.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, ''How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?'' and avoid ''How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?''

English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boathook to avoid collisions.

At night, it's hard to control people. Drunks might come in, and we can't do anything. We (close the gates) to avoid violence, prevent vagrants from sleeping inside, and (for proper park maintenance).

Don't just listen to the lawyers. You know in your heart it's time to get this behind you, avoid the nightmare of more proceedings up on the Hill.

Composing is as important to me as playing. My feeling is that playing and composing support and nourish each other. I'd be a lesser player if I didn't write, and a lesser writer if I didn't play. Composing is tremendously difficult and painful for me, and I often go to great lengths to avoid it.

Consider what it is like to go into a new classroom and to see before you suddenly, and in a way you cannot avoid recognizing, the dreadful consequences of a year's wastage of so many lives.

Could we have acted sooner to avoid the situation we are in now, in effect running for cover?

Consumers who lose money to scams have very little chance of getting any of it back. So it is essential that, in addition to enforcing the law against scammers, we equip consumers with the skills and knowledge necessary to avoid falling victim to them in the first place.

Cyclical stocks should really not do well if the economy is going to slow, and you can see, look at the cyclical components of the Dow, a stock like International Paper, Du Pont, all at multi-year lows. I really don't see much there, I would avoid them.

Today's stage was difficult with the number of bikes and cars running closely together. I kept my distance to stay out of the dust and avoid hitting a rock or a big hole in the track.

What is important is that we take consistent action to prevent repeat offending and demonstrate to those who may choose to avoid payment that it is unacceptable and action will be taken,

What Officer Davis didn't anticipate after he stopped one drunk driver was another drunk driver going that fast and totally oblivious, ... All the defendant had to do to avoid a crash was to take his feet off the accelerator, apply the brakes for a half second and adjust his speed some way.

Even in those cases when there were instances of alleged provocation, we have made it clear that NHL personnel need to do everything possible to avoid a confrontation of fans, and the failure to do so is not acceptable.

Even in a country like the USA where fitness has become an obsession, most people exercising do not seem to think it illogical to drive automobiles to gyms while doing their best to avoid walking

Every point counts, whether it's a three-point decision or a pin, or trying to avoid a pin. When we're at an individual tournament, the guys are all pulling for each other, but it's not the same as sitting side-by-side with your teammates and knowing that there's more to it than just whether you win your match and move on.

Everybody would like to avoid a contentious debate in the Security Council,

Everything possible must be done to avoid it (job losses) and it (restructuring) has to be done in that spirit.

At that point we were thinking, if we get back by nightfall we'd avoid the worst of it.

As it appears that this event could become politicized, The Post has decided to honor the Washington-area victims of 9/11 by making a contribution directly to the Pentagon Memorial Fund, ... It is The Post's practice to avoid activities that might lead readers to question the objectivity of The Post's news coverage.

I sincerely apologize to the nation and the international community for using erroneous data in the papers. I was responsible for going over the data thoroughly, and if I had done so, we would have been able to avoid this huge crisis.

The time has come, if we want to avoid mounting dangers and risks, to make this gesture.

it would have been better to avoid military action.

It would not cost the taxpayers extra money, and it would avoid a situation where the people of this district are without representation for several months at a time, which if we go past this May 13 date could be the case and most likely would be the case.

I've been through a lot of situations with women and if I can help someone else avoid the pitfalls that I've gone through then I'm happy to help.

They are apparently acting before negotiating in order to avoid certain possible outcomes like changing the members of the board. Board membership was one of the negotiating points.

The towers are great mixers because you can't avoid running into people.

The town EMA has a good plan. It's time now to take a good look at it, and make it better. I can give John Rookwood, the director, the benefit of my Katrina experience about what errors other people made in their plans, to avoid making those errors ourselves,

The wickedness of the world is so great you have to run your legs off to avoid having them stolen from under you.

The whole team really competed hard and did what they had to do to avoid giving up extra points. I thought everyone stepped up.

They approached me and said, 'We would like to do this to avoid recall.' I asked them how many members they had and they never could give me those numbers, ... I didn't do this to avoid recall. I did it because I wanted to.

Traffic is up all around, and people are seeking shortcuts to avoid the congestion on highways.

Traffic stops always have the potential to be dangerous, which is why they always have to be handled extremely carefully. What would make traffic stops safer would be if everyone followed the Move Over Law. That is the easiest way to avoid this kind of tragedy.

While the fourth quarter may show signs of weakness, most firms are far enough into their fiscal year and business cycle to avoid any widespread negative impact on 2005 results.

The defense needs to have a good shutdown mentality out there. We can't just play to avoid a losing streak. We need to just play our butts off and just go in with a blind confidence.

The government appreciates that Kenyans seek employment in these ships for their livelihood and that many ships sail up and down the Somalia coastline without any incident. However, it advises Kenyans to avoid sailing towards the coastline of Somalia due to the kidnappings and hijackings which we are witnessing,

We need to get back to negotiations and avoid the escalation.

We need to get something going on offense; that's not good enough. Every time we make something happen on offense we get a 15-yard penalty. We need to avoid that.

We've been advocating that this year in order to avoid people going into nursing homes. We think that if we had more home- and community-based services funded in this state that would prevent much more costly expenditures down the road.

We see this as a tremendous opportunity to avoid construction in a cost- constructive way.

We've been marketing the product for nearly five years now, and we've always been very clear with our clients on the Express IRA. As part of that, we've told them about the benefits of saving ... and we've also been very clear about the product's fees and charges and how to avoid those fees and charges.

As the primary group responsible for student rights, I don't understand why we've been cut out of the table. It appears they're trying to avoid our involvement, thinking we're too extreme.

I spend all my time trying to avoid the spotlight.

The test for the media is whether it can avoid destroying him in the way it contributed to her death,

The subject lived a divided life between a professed image and the indecencies of tawdry personal secrets. Eventually, when events threatened to expose the charade, the subject chose to avoid the consequences of reality by committing suicide.

The Society of Professional Journalists in their code of ethics says that journalists should avoid conflicts of interest real or perceived. Clearly it would be a conflict of interest for anyone acting in a journalism capacity to simultaneously be serving as a public servant.

The shots on goal are a concern for the coaching staff and the whole team, not just Olie. It's kind of hard to avoid those type of things unless you cut your penalties down. But we're fortunate. We think he's the best goalie in the league.

These developments create a situation where I think there is more room than there might have been in the past to sit back and analyze what it is that happened, and think best about how in all of our countries we can avoid a recurrence of such problems,

These documents are often marketed as a way for people to drive without obtaining a valid license, or to continue driving if their government-issued license has been suspended or revoked, or as a way to avoid driver's education.

These projects are affected because we don't have the funding yet. It costs so much to complete an entire project, so we address the more immediate needs and avoid lingering. And then the other portions can be done as the needs warrant.

The strength of the public finances in January effectively guarantees that Brown will be able to avoid making any major tax hikes or significant spending cutbacks in March's budget.

The secretary-general underlines the need to avoid any unilateral action.

These lower-premium plans can mask hidden costs for federal employees, ... The cheaper premium is usually coupled with higher deductibles, meaning federal workers will simply pay higher out-of-pocket costs or avoid visiting the doctor.

When you are developing your style, you avoid weaknesses. I am not good at describing things, so I stay away from it. And if anyone is going to describe anything at all, it's going to be from the point of view of the character, because then I can use his voice, and his attitude will be revealed in the way he describes what he sees.

We'll work with the parents and the student on this. We'll certainly give the student the advice and support he needs to avoid such a problem in the future. We'll definitely have some remediation in what's not appropriate to say.

We must avoid the mistakes of the past

We must be careful to avoid any unintended consequences that may be hidden in the administration's proposal,

We need to continue cooperation with each country to avoid a repeat ... There is concern about the effects of high oil prices on both the biggest economies and in regions like Southeast Asia.

What's important is for ... the Israelis and Palestinians, to remember that it's a time to maintain calm and to avoid any sort of provocation. We all want to go through this period with minimal violence.

When you have a good defense, you have the luxury of pitching aggressively. It's bad when you have a team that doesn't catch the ball, then you have to pitch defensively, and that's the worst thing you can do as a pitcher -- avoid contact.

When you have God come amongst you to support and sustain you, why grovel through crude vulgar entities? Avoid places where they bargain in terms of gifts, donations, for Spiritual guidance and Transmission.

When you have only a few minutes, it is important to know the actions you must take to reduce your risk, such as running to higher ground to avoid the flood water.

We want young people to avoid gangs. And we know that if they're not tattooed with gang tattoos, they're more likely to be employable,

We always try to avoid having bad quarters. We played hard, but they played harder. They're a good team. They stepped up.

We've got to avoid the road blues. We've got to avoid getting down early. We've been playing from behind the last 140 minutes of basketball on the road. We led Kansas State at half (which eventually was a 68-56 loss on Nov. 23), and we haven't played with the lead since.

We've got to get back to old-fashioned politics that's in touch with the people we seek to represent and to avoid self-inflicted wounds.

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

An investor is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in business, and how to avoid them.

I've seen it on film and it was the right call. The rule says you can't go out of bounds to gain an advantage and that's what Drew did. He tried to avoid a cluster of players and, by natural instinct, went out of bounds without even looking down at the line.

The robot can reach into the area very precisely and avoid those nerves.

I've seen a grizzly bear go out of its way to avoid a wolverine.

The science overwhelmingly shows that we have to reduce emissions by at least half by mid-century to avoid catastrophic consequences. This isn't gonna get us even close, or started on the right foot.

These actions are financially motivated and aim to exploit the popularity of these search engines to increase visits to the pages with the altered results, ... To avoid this kind of attack, it is vital that users have reliable antivirus protection and keep their systems up-to-date, as the vulnerabilities used have often been in existence for some time.

These are supposed to be civilians. There're not supposed to be attorneys involved here. This is an attorney's issue that was raised. We believe it was raised by the district attorney, Mr. Brazelton, who is the gentleman we're trying to avoid in the first place.

It would be very painful, no question about it. Perhaps they could pay current employees some compensation to make it less painful - anything to avoid open-ended liability forever and ever.

I very much avoid crowds even today. Crowds scare me. I function much better on a more personal level. I don't function very well on a dinner of more than ten. I can't be myself.

There will be significant tuition increases behind this. There is no way to avoid that.

It was tough when we dug ourselves that early hole. I'm proud of the way our girls responded, but we need to avoid innings like that.

It was an extremely isolated and rare incident. We changed both our training and our procedures as a result of the situation to make sure people followed the procedure to avoid this happening.

It was written with lock-tight language to avoid any sort of lawsuit having any real chance of success.