51.   Pepsi has aired its share of bad ads over the years, but unlike Coca-Cola, the company has avoided the kind of harsh criticism leveled at Coke.

52.   Phytotech business development manager Eric Muhr said the company has avoided genetically modified plants.

53.   Plus, the tech-heavy index can be so volatile that fund companies avoid it because most index investors want no-frills, low-cost dependable return.

54.   Recording companies have avoided releasing early versions on the Internet, fearing that they would hurt sales and encourage piracy.

55.   Reselling allows the company to avoid the expenses of bidding for frequency allocations and investing in hardware.

56.   Some companies avoid them to keep down the number of shareholders and administrative costs, Stovall said.

57.   Some American regulators, who prefer the U.S. standards, have suspected that adherence to international standards has allowed companies to avoid more rigorous rules.

58.   So far, the two companies have avoided an all-out price war, which would be damaging to both.

59.   Some other companies have avoided naming-rights contracts altogether.

60.   Such findings can cause companies to avoid taking chances, because so much of the audience is an unknown each season.