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Yet the article sent White House aides and other Democrats scrambling to avoid the appearance of special treatment.

Suddenly all the world's leading teams will be scrambling to avoid the revitalised hosts, rather than the other way round.

The business failed in 2009, the children filed for bankruptcy and their elders are now scrambling to avoid the same fate.

Current and former Bush officials are now scrambling to avoid the opprobrium - not to mention the risk of prison time - that would result from criminal prosecution.

Unable to exercise choice on the euro, defensive in the negotiations on the constitution, scrambling to avoid the worst in Europe's nascent defence plans.

Spain has been hit especially hard by a slump in home prices, and is scrambling to avoid the fate of Greece, where a ballooning budget deficit has raised concerns about the government defaulting on its bonds.

Neighboring countries have been hit hard, too, as foreign investors and tourists have scrambled to avoid the region.

So it may seem odd that America's politicians are now scrambling to avoid those reductions.

Harrowing footage taken from outside the venue by photographer Patrick Zachmann showed police who responded to the scene scrambling to avoid gunfire from the attackers.

Democrats scrambling to avoid getting shut out of the Top Two runoff where the candidates who earn the most votes regardless of party advance to the general in California's 39th and 49th districts might be wise to throw support behind Mai Khanh Tran and Sara Jacobs, even if neither is a perfect candidate.

New York's development world is rife with such stories as developers who have been busy for years are killing projects or scrambling to avoid default because of the credit crunch.