While the ratings have allowed the station to set premium ratecard prices, there are plenty of advertisers and media agencies who dislike the show's controversy – and attendant risk of a sudden social media boycott – and are averse to supporting it.
It was a great slogan, because it linked the people in the parks to the people watching at home, suggesting a kind of class struggle that even class-averse Americans could support.
White people are, by and large, living in race-averse communities that support their desire to not discuss race and thus often ending up struggling with how to deal with this complex, nuanced, emotional subject.
The Ayatollah supported Hezbollah in their battle against Israeli occupation, and supported the Palestinians as well, which will of course militate against acceptance of him as a cozy Episcopalian Ayatollah, although Rowan Williams's predecessors have not been averse to claiming the support of the Almighty against Britain's enemies.
They're just uniquely averse to having to support Mitt Romney.
(Pacifists or the wordplay-averse can show their support with a wide selection of less confrontational gear).
Ten risk-averse men can each support one wife, and leave one son each.
Enterprises are generally slow, risk averse, and demand long-term support for products in which they invest.
And yet if charities are to grow and deliver the best possible benefits to the individuals and communities they support, this risk-averse attitude needs to change.
The risk-averse alternative of continuing to support Kurdish forces cannot produce a coherent political strategy, since the Kurds will only fight for territory they want for a new, independent Kurdistan – which prevents the creation of a strategy for the country as a whole.
A big spending plan likely wouldn't find much support among deficit-averse conservatives on the Hill next year, either.
