Sentence examples for strategy of avoidance from inspiring English sources

But, in Kierkegaard's view, this strategy of avoidance is doomed to fail, because we are spiritual beings, and our very evasiveness only confirms this fact.

But in antitrust, essentially common law constructed by judges from the Sherman Act's cryptic phrases, the strategy of avoidance "is not available," he said.

Some students may feel so threatened by the teachers' comments that they develop a strategy of avoidance; they do not pay attention to the comments they feel uncomfortable with in order not to lose self-esteem in the process.

The national political media tends to grouse about Obama's strategy of avoidance, and when an Ohio radio station spends eight minutes lobbing softballs about sports at the president, you can sort of see that point of view.

When renewed air operations began over the Bay, the Command found U-Boats not only adhering to a new strategy (of avoidance), they discovered the Germans obeying new tactical instructions.

The control of WA-MCF in sub-Saharan Africa will be dependent on adoption of a comprehensive logical framework for integrated control as proposed in this review, rather than the present strategy of avoidance.

"When a court is stuck with a technically complex case, it can usually turn to strategies of avoidance," Professor Sunstein said.

And in order to avoid it, various distractions are entertained: travel, drink, drugs, the Xbox, sex, transgressive behaviour – all strategies of avoidance, all hinting at a desperate desire to hold off the acknowledgment of meaninglessness.

The analysis documents that from 1976 to 2001 powerful organizations and individuals employed active strategies of avoidance, defiance, and manipulation to successfully defeat proposals that would have required all public companies to assess and publicly report on their internal controls over financial reporting.

Studies have shown that farmers prefer yield stability to maximum obtainable yields in line with their strategy of risk avoidance (Almekinders and Louwaars 1999; Wambugu et al. 2012).

This febrile, uncertain situation where even honest men could inadvertently sell poor-quality products or previously trusted acquaintances could decide to cheat meant that a constant strategy of risk avoidance was required.