It now seems clear that, at the very least, he tried to arrange a ham-handed cover-up to avert a scandal involving a top aide.
Lovers of the high life will be reunited with John Singer Sargeant's full-length portrait of sultry "Madame X" (pictured below), with her pink-tipped retrousse nose and once-slipping shoulder strap (subsequently re-painted to avert a scandal).
Alfred starts to tell Frank that he is not Gabriel when Rosalinde takes him aside and begs him to say that he is, to avert a scandal ("Mein Herr, was dächten Sie von mir").
In a further effort to avert any scandal, in the early months of 1632 Urban VIII hurriedly promulgated an extremely severe bull, Inscrutabilis, directed against astrologers.
Fogarty realizes the gravity of his actions, and experiences with the mixture of rejoicing and mortification of having averted a scandal, the profound loneliness of the morally aware but uncourageous.
Ms. Saunders remains a marvelous performer, and in a long scene at the end of Episode 6 (a second season is in the works) she does make you care, as Vivienne goes off script during a taping and in masterly fashion averts a scandal that threatens to take down her and the loosely closeted Jared.
Don Groth, president of the Catskill OTB, said the new security measures would be costly and unnecessary and would not have averted the scandals.
Savchenko's supporters have concerns for her health, but say they believe her hunger strike could succeed in persuading Moscow to free her in order to avert a political scandal.
10.20am GMT Opening keynote speaker Philip Collins, chief leader writer at the Times, says the NHS "needs to let the public in", arguing it is necessary to avert another Mid Staffs scandal.
LONDON — After a day of testimony at a British judicial inquiry over his ties, friendships and disputes with British politicians, Rupert Murdoch returned to the witness stand on Thursday, saying he apologized for failing to take measures to avert the hacking scandal that has convulsed his media outpost here.
