1.  Harvest time was also avoided for obvious reasons.

2.  But privately, prosecutors said, Scarduzio, with no previous criminal record, would have probably avoided jail time.

3.  Deutch is said to be negotiating now with the Justice Department over whether to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and avoid prison time.

4.  He had avoided jail time on his last cocaine possession conviction because a sympathetic judge felt his rehab and cancer treatments would be better conducted outside confinement.

5.  He could avoid serious time by agreeing to testify for the Feds in future Whitewater cases.

6.  I am trying to avoid times when you can get hit in the head.

7.  If that minuscule lag time could be avoided, hundreds of lives could be spared.

8.  Indians complain of having to pay bribes for everything from installing a telephone line to avoiding jail time for minor traffic violations.

9.  Oliverio, the county legislator, said he was sickened that Ziff could avoid jail time.

10.  Purdom said she felt betrayed by the criminal-justice system because Jackson was able to avoid jail time.