That's why everybody is trying to avoid it.

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This is a bad situation that results in bad choices because the policy was designed to present bad choices and bad choices only, which is why Congress was supposed to avoid it and to come up with an alternative means of achieving the deficit reduction that is otherwise achieved through arbitrary, across-the-board cuts.

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You can see why many hedge funds would rather avoid it.

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"In most public inquiries, you know what has happened and you are trying to find out why - and how you can avoid it in the future, " the inquiry's secretary, Cecilia French, told the BBC.

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Second, what UBS has provided is useful detail about the mechanics of the transactions - and why it failed to identify them till it was too late to avoid a colossal loss - but important questions remain unanswered.

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If staying close to mothers helps boys to perform better in school, act less aggressively and avoid behaviors that will derail their lives, why is it still so discouraged?

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Wigan's performance was a battling one - which should give them heart in their quest to avoid the drop - but it also showcased enough fluency and ability to make one wonder why even with this point they remain in the relegation zone, albeit only on goal difference.

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