Still, one cannot avoid the fact that a private decision, once seen through a public prism, becomes a metaphor.
But he cannot avoid the fact that BT's deep pockets, and compelling strategic reason for investment, represent the biggest threat to Sky's dominance in its 21-year history.
Individuals and groups cannot avoid the fact that ethnic differences exist, but they determine for themselves what to make of those differences.
Similarly, in a July poll for NBC News, 55percentt of registered voters agreed with a statement that trade was good "because it opens up new markets and we cannot avoid the fact that it is a global economy," while 38percentt agreed that trade was bad "because it has hurt manufacturing and other key industries".
"Yet he cannot avoid the fact that his very footsteps in Washington echo these words, in the White House, in the Pentagon, in the Navy Dept., in the very offices of the independent agencies, in Lafayette Park where he once said to a squirrel which sat up before him expectantly.
But no matter how many times he says it, he cannot avoid the fact that on the fundamental question of whose side are you on, he stands with people making a million dollars a year or more paying lower tax rates than secretaries.
"In my view we cannot avoid the fact, as Governor Bernanke pointed out, that we face an asymmetry," Mr. Greenspan said at the May 2003 meeting.
Nauru would do better to let them in – perhaps on condition they stay a while – so they cannot avoid the facts entirely.
Najib cannot continue to avoid the fact that his political survival is based on winning over the Malaysian public and bolder measures that deliver reform are essential.
And you cannot discount or avoid the fact that it is an Islamic pattern to build triumphal mosques on the cherished sites of conquered lands.
He was quoted in a speech in North Carolina saying, "We as an industry cannot avoid the simple fact that we caused a lot of damage, and we have to help make sure it doesn't happen again".
