1.   American officials have diplomatically avoided public comment on the fate of regional trade organizations once the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas is built.

2.   Backgrounders too often allow public officials to avoid responsibility.

3.   But both officials largely avoid broader questions of the state police culture and leadership.

4.   But many exceptions are made, including if the public official avoids work or public statements that might directly change the value of their stock holdings.

5.   During that period, the official avoids making any decisions involving the company he or she was previously involved with.

6.   Election officials avoid the facing-page layout unless they are trying to squeeze in unusually long ballot initiatives or crowded fields of candidates.

7.   Fed officials have long avoided citing the dollar as the sole reason for rate increases, preferring instead to mention the dollar as one of many reasons.

8.   He declined to speculate on whether senior fire officials would avoid assigning McMellon to a minority neighborhood.

9.   However, commission officials avoided the vexed question of what to call the single currency.

10.   Importantly, it also provides incentives for government officials to avoid wrongdoing.