"I want to strengthen my commitment not to the sanctity of life in general... but to the integrity of my previous life," she writes, resolving to "avoid the degradations and dependencies of pointless suffering" and to die "without having placed my faith in macrobiotic diets or crystals".
The youthful Hume resolved to avoid these mistakes in his own work, by making human nature his "principal Study, & the Source from which I would derive every Truth" (HL 3.6).
After a few more depressing dates, I resolved to avoid talking about the business at all costs.
Mr. Peskov also said that Mr. Putin was resolved to avoid a deterioration in relations with the United States and that he remained in contact with "his American counterparts".
The Cheltenham gathering, which appears to have been convened to consider the issues around the burgeoning collection of metadata and to reach common positions, resolved to avoid pre-emptive efforts to categorise various materials and "simply focus on what is shareable in bulk".
She was honest that she didn't give a damn about Valentine's Day either, and I was happy to resolve to avoid that day with her.
He resolved to avoid needless historical distractions.
And when I chose to settle down, I resolved to avoid long-distance relationships, with their soaring highs and dismal lows.
Khrushchev, for his part, was worried about "losing Cuba" and decided in early 1962 to offer nuclear missiles to Mr. Castro to deter the invasion they both believed was being planned but that Kennedy was privately resolved to avoid.
These can be fit into a schema of polar attitudes that develop in progressive stages of a person's life, creating a conflict at each stage which should be resolved to avoid extremes of personality development.
When issues arise at the checkpoint, TSA officers work to make sure facts are gathered and quickly resolved to avoid future confusion".
