1.   All is done to avoid being put on the spot or challenged.

2.   He knew what things to do to avoid detection and he also knew what to do to create an image.

3.   This was done in order to avoid phase separations during the incubation process.

4.   Amanda Gardner, a Hoboken, N.J.-based free-lance writer, reports on five common cons and what you can do to avoid them.

5.   And notwithstanding the satisfaction among Republicans judging the Democratic convention, there was probably little the Democrats could have done to avoid primary battles.

6.   And what should companies developing new genetic technologies do to avoid ethical quagmires?

7.   At the same time, Chairman Duncan would want everything possible to be done to avoid a trade war.

8.   A rise in share prices is taken to mean that Greenspan has understood what needs to be done to avoid troubles ahead.

9.   After the announcement, Bloom said, he specifically asked company officials what he should have done to avoid the accident.