In order to avoid trouble at the ports, Nu Be Quan often imported watches that had the bodies of designer watches but not the labels — "blanks".
In that fog, he would have been a needle in a haystack, and the Fascists weren't too interested in making a big deal out of it, because it was obvious by then that they had to hide Gragnola's body and go back to their command pretending they hadn't taken anyone that night, in order to avoid trouble with their leaders.
A co-owner of a rental house near the Catskills, speaking anonymously in order to avoid trouble with future renters, said: "We had a couple who did some damage to the house, and when we told them about it they said that it wasn't them.
Told from several points of view – everyone has their own agenda, whether it's building empires, escaping from abusive former partners or simply keeping shtoom in order to avoid trouble – this is an atmospheric portrayal of a claustrophobic place where everyone is connected.
In the country, al-Jamri used the pseudonym Abdulla Mansoor Mohammed in order to avoid trouble when passing through customs in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, where it was believed that the prefix "Abdul" should only be used with the name of God.
(Woman, Bolenge) Something specific to Muanda: one woman explained that in Muanda, tribesmen prefer not to engage a complaint or a concern in order to avoid trouble in the community.
