31.   Fox has to be adroit enough to avoid the appearance of appeasing the U.S. or the opposition parties will club him and his policies to death with nationalist rhetoric.

32.   Freeh was widely reported to have urged Reno to appoint an independent counsel in order to avoid the appearance of political partisanship.

33.   Fregia said there is no concern yet that Woods has become such an icon that he will want to avoid public appearances at some point.

34.   Gosper said he was resigning from the ethics panel to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

35.   Gramm had said earlier that she and her husband decided to sell Enron common shares to avoid an appearance of conflict.

36.   He also noted that he was supervising the investigation because Attorney General John Ashcroft had recused himself from the case to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

37.   He had resisted, to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest.

38.   He promptly announced that he would not seek re-election to avoid any appearance of a conflict.

39.   He said they were meant to guide the authors on how they should prepare the review to avoid the appearance of a cover-up.

40.   Hillary Clinton appears to be avoiding any appearances in Arkansas.