Then,in eighteen fifty, Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky offered a compromise to avoid secession, and a likely war between the North and the South.

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The internet makes it easier for me to avoid disagreement and compromise and encourages me to become more strident and polarized in my views.

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At mid-week, attempts were abandoned to find a compromise to avoid an election.

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Washington (CNN) -- A political summit Friday at the White House left it to the Senate's top Democrat and Republican to work out a compromise to avoid the country going over the fiscal cliff, participants said.

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