21.   For the most part, the series avoids the kind of groveling baby talk that mars most music-education efforts.

22.   He also can avoid the kind of intraparty pounding that weakened former President Bush in his primary challenge from commentator Patrick Buchanan.

23.   He is a consummate behind-the-curtains manager adept at avoiding the kind of controversy that has at times bedeviled the Gore campaign.

24.   He warned, too, that state negotiators were proceeding with caution to avoid the kind of mistakes the architects of deregulation made in the first place.

25.   However, rather than dwelling on his ability to be invisible, try to focus on ways to avoid this kind of problem in the future.

26.   Johnson must avoid that kind of day if the Gators are going to keep their streak alive against Tennessee.

27.   Kaiser officials promised to avoid the kind of protracted anti-union battles that have plagued the labor movement over the past several decades.

28.   Leuchtenberg gives Bush points for avoiding the kind of trouble former President Carter encountered during his first days in office.

29.   Love and Leonard avoided those kinds of holes, which was the major reason why they led the tournament.

30.   More and more are choosing to sell investments, especially real estate, to avoid the kind of cash squeeze now crippling companies in places like Indonesia and Thailand.