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Avoid like the plague the phrase "total solutions" when describing your product.
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They will avoid like the plague transferring funds between ventures, staffing subsidiaries with incompetent family members, conducting dealings that are not transparent to the outside, and other old tricks.
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SO, I shall avoid them like the plague for the rest of my days.
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As for 2D cinema, filmmakers are likely to avoid HFR like the plague for narrative-style films which don't feature scenic vistas, action or special effects.
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"Banks here avoid risk like the plague, " says Sweeney.
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If you read carefully, you can tell from the last line, that this is really a warning about some so-called 1080p televisions, not the avoid-like-the-plague distress signal it has at times been made out to be.
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Otherwise, avoid being cutesy like the plague and act like a professional at all times.
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In sum, investors should probably avoid this name like the plague.
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All counter parties would then avoid Bear Stearns like the plague thinking the losses could be passed to Bear Stearns and the government might take it over next and rescind its contracts.
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Avoid canned jokes like the plague.
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Other analysts are known to have published reports praising companies to the skies, and then tell fund managers who ring up for more information to call back on a private mobile number - so the analysts can tell the fund manager (on a phone line that is not being tape recorded) to ignore the report and avoid the stock like plague.
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