1.   Both have fudged their calculations and avoided specifics.

2.   Afterward, Lavin noted a strange pattern of officiating in the games Christman has worked, but he carefully avoided specifics and did not mention Christman by name.

3.   Bush deliberately avoided specifics on his first trip, saying that he wanted to focus on broad concepts.

4.   But he still avoids specifics.

5.   But when asked in the interview about how, exactly, he might budge, he steadfastly avoided any specifics, as he did on most other matters.

6.   In his speech Wednesday, Bush avoided many specifics.

7.   It may well be that inauguration speeches, by their very nature, go heavy on calls for cooperation, renewal, and national unity, while avoiding specifics.

8.   Previously, Bush and administration officials had been careful to avoid specifics and couch views on coming climate shifts with substantial caveats.

9.   The Republicans, he said, avoid the specifics by reverting to platitudes about the need for change.

10.   Though both sides avoid specifics about TV advertising in Texas, Clinton apparently is outspending Dole.