11.   But some mental health professionals later concluded that Reid was faking or exaggerating his symptoms to avoid standing trial.

12.   By entering a guilty plea, Van Hecke avoided a trial that was to have begun Tuesday before the same judge.

13.   By settling with Texas, the tobacco companies avoided a trial that could have produced more embarrassing disclosures.

14.   Cordero had to plead guilty to a felony to avoid a trial.

15.   Felicia Moon fled with one of her children on Monday to avoid the trial.

16.   He agreed to do so last month to avoid a trial on charges he hit his girlfriend in Louisville, Ky.

17.   He entered that program to avoid trial on assault charges against his former girlfriend, the mother of his three children.

18.   He has won a huge political victory, avoiding a trial that could have further undermined his reputation and had an irremediable impact on the history of his administration.

19.   He feigned mental illness for years to avoid trial.

20.   If the president will now accept and acknowledge his lies, a Senate trial can be avoided.