"But given the numbers of people suffering symptoms now, and the latency of the condition likely to result in increasing numbers, there would seem to be a determination to avoid admitting there is a problem".
If there is a single key to understanding what motivates Trump--that is, other than his extreme narcissism--it is his determination to avoid, at all costs, the pain of humiliation.
But the Taliban are unlikely to return to power and there is a determination to avoid a collapse into civil war of the kind that happened in the years after the Russians left.
And yet, as Maraniss says, a "recurring theme is his determination to avoid life's traps".
It was this determination to avoid "contemporary naturalism", as practised by Zola, for example, whom Nobel particularly reviled, which threw up the bewildering early choices of the Nobel committee.
The intuitive reaction seems to be denial, regardless of further pain to patients and families, not acceptance that errors can be made and determination to avoid repetition.
More than anything, Ghanaians were seized by a determination to avoid the "resource curse" of Nigeria.Now, with a general election on December 7th, it is the curse of the ballot box that Ghanaians want to avoid.
Perhaps they were motivated by genuine determination to avoid another Srebrenica-style massacre on Europe's doorstep, this time in Benghazi.
According to Ms. Woodlawn, it was Mr. Morrissey's determination to avoid moralizing in his films that made them so popular, particularly among audiences who do not share the filmmaker's political or religious views.
Ariel Sharon's determination to avoid being put in a situation in which he might have to negotiate is a powerful motive for the pulverisation of the man and the regime he would have to talk to.
