The feared implosion of Wall Street seems to have been avoided.

Such violation, however, could have been avoided by applications for partial exemption.

Doctors have made many errors that they could have avoided had these principles been applied.

The tragedy could have been avoided if Greece had shown unyielding, timely debt discipline.

Epidemics have been avoided by a coordinated preparedness and efficient intervention of the humanitarian community.

America s growth trajectory will be 2 below what it would have been had the financial crisis been successfully finessed and the lesser depression avoided.

Either we will write this history ourselves, or we will suffer through a dark era that could have been avoided.

Although the crisis has imposed devastating costs nationally and internationally, the mistakes that led to the Great Depression seem to have been avoided.

The tragedy could have been avoided if Greece had shown unyielding, timely debt discipline. The country would then have been unable to price itself out of the market through an artificial debt financed boom.

Only a strong leader, de Gaulle thought, could have avoided defeat.

What has not been avoided is a recession that will be deep, long, and global.

For the most part, the two men have avoided head on confrontation.

The forcible removal of an elected president should have been avoided the liberal opposition could have eased popular anger by demanding that the government make some concessions until legislative elections, which had been set for later this year.

Overheating having been avoided, the Chinese economy can keep motoring ahead at its customary 10 annual pace.

Those who have avoided worshipping idols and have turned in repentance to God will receive the glad news .

As a result, much of the developing world is relieved that at least this risk has been avoided.

For example, the Ukraine debacle could have been avoided had we evaluated the political situation in a timely manner and backed the candidate who was practically certain to win.

But catastrophe was avoided.

Had Obama s attempt at muddling through worked, it would have avoided some big philosophical battles.

Actions that could have a negative impact on Lebanese unity and stability must be avoided.

For his part, Barroso is widely seen as having avoided controversy throughout 2008 in order not to risk offending any governments that might have been inclined to block his reappointment.

Though the crisis may be over in the sense that outright collapse has been avoided, the economy remains vulnerable.

Mayuko avoided doing hard work.

How can duplication be avoided?

As a result, Greece has avoided generalized bank failures, and it has been able to continue paying its public employees.

Others, including Belgium and Cameroon, have avoided serious conflict, but have experienced significant acrimony over the treatment of linguistic and regional minorities.

Never mind that most of the crises could have been avoided, or late least substantially mitigated, if governments had let their currencies float against the dollar, rather than adopting rigid exchange rate pegs.

Interethnic violence which many feared has largely been avoided, and the mass exodus of Serbs that some also predicted has not occurred.

protectionism is avoided and markets stay open

Any duplication of documentation should be avoided.

That equilibrium works so long as each institution is submitted to close scrutiny which judges and magistrates have simply avoided.

The literary and biblical allusions cannot be avoided.

This stance conveniently avoided rows with oil dictators.

Although the worst was avoided, much pain remains.

But it will be avoided by the wretched ,

But it will be avoided by the wretched ,

Time will be saved and possible delays avoided

In the authors' view, such far reaching statements are better avoided, unless they have a solid basis in customary case law.

All those collateral effects, which had long been envisaged in the Charter of the United Nations, should be avoided through strict application of the Charter.

Treatment can be problematic barbiturates especially must be avoided.

Advice on weekly consumption is avoided in United Kingdom.

In this context, double standard policies should be avoided.

For his part, Barroso is widely seen as having avoided controversy throughout 2008 in order not to risk offending any governments that might have been inclined to block his reappointment. That seeming passivity is now his greatest problem.

Instead, direct policies to address New Orleans vulnerabilities could have avoided the huge and unnecessary cost in human misery and economic loss.

So far, Geithner seems to have succeeded in his tests, as the stock market has indeed more than stabilized, with prices of bank shares such as Citigroup and Bank of America quadrupling from their lows. The feared implosion of Wall Street seems to have been avoided.