21.   Shati adds that the Palestinians must avoid any discussion about financial compensation for their land because it would denote acceptance of permanent displacement.

22.   Speaking to the Catholic Press Association, Dole avoids discussion of whether the Republican Party should keep in its platform any mention of a constitutional ban on abortion.

23.   Swope said there were times he avoided discussions about drugs with his son, because he feared it would lead to a confrontation.

24.   The administration has been wary of suggestions involving ground troops in a combat role, and American officials have tried to avoid public discussion of the sensitive subject.

25.   The commission is a quasijudicial agency, so decision-makers like Hebert must avoid private discussions about specific matters pending before the commission.

26.   They talk about the same record and initiatives, and assiduously avoid public discussion of certain shared memories from their years in Washington.

27.   To avoid discussions that might be interpreted as collusion, many NASDAQ market makers now avoid talking to one another.

28.   U.S. officials have long avoided public discussion of a suspension of the bombing campaign.

29.   Working scientists tend to avoid philosophical discussions, and few are likely to be heard speculating on the epistemological implications of measuring light and calling it sound.

30.   A Christian high school teacher in Jordan avoids political discussions with her Muslim friends these days, and Christians in Lebanon also stay away from touchy topics.