If they "cannot see how Donald Trump has been manipulated, and how Donald Trump is using this [memo] to avoid legitimate investigation and to poison the institutions of American democracy, then the Republican Party is taking us somewhere where we haven't been before".
The Holder memo instructed prosecutors to avoid charging certain defendants with drug offenses that would trigger long mandatory minimum sentences.
A 2011 memo advises agents to avoid enforcement activities at "sensitive locations," including at schools, hospitals and churches.
In early October, as the number of people working on the project expanded, an editor named Wendell Jamieson circulated a memo admonishing contributors to avoid certain tropes.
A couple of months ago its executives circulated a memo asking producers to avoid overusing "the old faithfuls" and to look for a fresh crop of academics who were "telegenic".
His office has issued a memo urging members to avoid using government funding as the means of dissent and warning that some immigration agencies would not be affected since they operate on user fees.
From where do you recognize that person?" Because witnesses frequently offer uncertain answers — "I think it is No. 3," for example — the memo instructs detectives to avoid a basic error: asking witnesses to gauge their confidence on a scale of 1 to 10. (Anything less than a 10 invites doubt from jurors at a trial).
Instead, Mr. Gardner wrote checks with false memo lines to himself to avoid detection, Mr. Schneiderman said, and then either cashed them or deposited them into his personal account.
The memo also advised them to avoid displaying company-issued ID cards when they left the office and to abandon tote bags or other items with the A.I.G. logo.
The head of the Foreign Office's American department, Gerald Spicer, wrote: "From a perusal of this memo it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the Argentine government's attitude is not altogether unjustified and that our action has been somewhat high-handed".
Regarding Ms. Dargis's memo urging straight filmmakers to avoid making fun of gay people: I am curious as to whether she has ever heard of a small, independent flick called "Borat," which contains more than a fair share of what she might call "vicious digs" at the expense of the Jews.
