The cut thus masks itself, and avoids drawing the viewer's attention away from the narrative of the scene.

"They will extend the cuts to avoid confrontation with OPEC, but either they won't stick to their promise or it will be so vague that no one can tell," said Stephen O'Sullivan, head of research at the United Financial Group, an investment firm in Moscow.

Economists, who deal in spreadsheets rather than blood, sweat and tears, are inclined to accept that the cuts will avoid a double-dip recession but result in sluggish growth of 1 to 2 per cent.

The flat-iron cut avoids the connective tissue and so combines that fabulous shoulder taste with the texture of a great steak.

Automakers generally make smaller, more incremental cuts in production to avoid the disruption of lengthy plant closings.

Mike Deaver's book - with all its toadying and the last-minute cuts to avoid offense - makes clear that Nancy Reagan effectively manipulated the President and his staff to achieve what she thought was best.

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The 3/4/mile (1 km) cut took the river on a straight course between Weybridge and Walton on Thames, and avoiding a meandering stretch past Shepperton and Lower Halliford.

I'm not denying cuts are necessary however the cuts that have been chosen are not avoiding mortgaging our children's future - in effect they are securing the future of the children who would never need these services and decimating the future of those who do.