The aggressive approach of the US Federal Reserve since the financial crisis struck has been a deliberate effort to ensure that the world's largest economy decisively avoided deflation, the causes and effects of which Ben Bernanke described in vivid terms in a widely-read speech back in 2002, before he succeeded Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman.
What could have been the final nail in the coffin for our pubs has been decisively avoided by the chancellor in a move that will spark celebration in pubs across the UK".
Arsenal would be best off in recognizing the benefits such a breakup might entail, and act upon such a decision decisively to avoid the late decisions and horrible play that they experienced at the start of the 2011/12 season.
On a day when birdies were hard to come by, largely because of tricky winds that gusted to 20 miles an hour, Furyk and Funk played decisively and avoided danger.
Current and future generations, our grandchildren and great grandchildren, need the world to act decisively now to avoid dangerous climate change.
If officials grapple with the Portugal issue early, and decisively, they could avoid the iceberg.
So often, we think of a director as a decision maker, someone who points decisively and thus should avoid publicly weeping.
Although the Viet Cong managed to avoid becoming decisively engaged, around 90 were killed and five captured, as the Australians maintained their blocking positions.
Contigs that had either of the closely related Mimulus guttatus or Lindenbergia philippensis present in the top ten hits were excluded from further consideration to avoid sequences that were not decisively better matches to distantly related species.
If we act decisively, and innovate and invest wisely, we could both avoid the worst impacts of climate change and successfully achieve the sustainable development goals, as the IPCC report emphasises.
