But, in the case of the Wall Street banks, they get to avoid punishment specifically meant to be meted out in fraud cases.
Using the least amount of light possible to get around helps avoid disturbing the body's circadian clock.
While it may be tempting to get frustrated, avoid punishing pets when you find accidents after the fact.
We think that we can get there and avoid a problem like that.
"It's better to exploit ways to get a settlement and avoid a long process of investigations, " Mr. Almunia said in an interview this week.
"They've been aware of it for the past few months, so hopefully people have been making other plans to get routes that can avoid this at the worst times, " he said.
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But Mr Holmes says that if perhaps 40% of schools in an area are specialist schools - it will present a much more accentuated sense of schools to get into or to avoid.
For example, many forex traders had accounts with U.S.-based forex brokers first, and moved their funds to the foreign affiliates of their U.S. brokers in order to get higher leverage and avoid the hedging rule.
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American voters are not there yet, and they may not get there in time to avoid a crash.
The lesson to be drawn from this is that moral hazard is hard to avoid once conditions get really tight.
The onus, as Bernanke has repeatedly put it, is on Congress to get its act together to avoid going over the fiscal cliff.
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He was so nervous, in fact, that he would arrange and choose his college classes to avoid having to get up in front of people.
She is confident we haven't hit another Depression and that we've learned enough lessons from the past to avoid letting things get as bad as they were before.
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"The opportunity that Sandy presents is to take the steps now to avoid having to get these loans, " said Mr. Kunreuther, who testified before Congress on SBA loans this month.
Devine has spent many months trying to figure out how to get the money back and avoid one of the biggest losses ever associated with an investment in a sports team.
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WalkBoston staff brainstormed how to be helpful during this traumatic episode and decided to create a map to show how easy it is to avoid driving and get around downtown Boston on foot.
It is not likely that they will be for each quarter next year, because most subscribers pay for a year in advance to get one month free and avoid having to write a small check each month.
Interestingly, the same American told the BBC that having a single president to represent EU member governments might not help all that much, pointing to all the compromises that president would have to make to get the job, and avoid offending national leaders.
Dell may be wise to avoid trying to get its costs below those of Lenovo Group and Acer, but corporate IT budgets have been under tight scrutiny over the last 12 years as CEOs struggle to meet financial targets in a slow-growth world.
By the time they are about seven, children start to lie to avoid doing chores or homework, to get something they want, to protect someone else, and to avoid punishment.
But if you are buying one, avoid the temptation to get the slickest, most powerful machine available.
It's a healthy way to snack and get nutrients from unprocessed food to avoid what Fuhrman calls toxic hunger.
During the coldest days in Antarctica, she was deliberately dehydrating herself to avoid the need to get undressed in the bitter frost.
U.S. states and European countries need to learn from this example, and get ahead of the game to avoid ending up like American Airlines.
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Rather than once a year, women are now encouraged to get these exams less frequently to avoid false positives, potentially risky biopsies and undue anxiety.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Gunmen in a northern Iraq province have been given 10 days to turn in their weapons to avoid jail time and get a monetary reward.
In recent games, Anthony seemed to be looking for his shot often early in the game, so that he score and still get rest toward the end to avoid injuries as the playoffs drawing near.
Now, this bill will also cut taxes for struggling businesses, with even larger cuts for small businesses, which means that thousands of entrepreneurs will get the cash they need to avoid laying off workers or closing their doors, and will extend the tax credit for all home buyers through April of next year while strengthening it with stronger anti-fraud measures.
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If you thought the 2001 cuts were tough to get through the Congress, consider that, even with the use of reconciliation once again to avoid a filibuster, President Bush only managed to get passage in the Senate by a vote of 51-50 with Vice-President Cheney casting the deciding vote to break the tie.
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Any conscious attempt to avoid learning the laws can get you in a snit.
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