For years, Pham had avoided direct manipulation of the ziphead system.

But the performances have an understated gravity and the screenplay a thematic consistency that largely avoid tawdry manipulation.

"I had to avoid emotional manipulation that's at your fingertips all the time in a movie like this."

Companies can buy their own shares, of course, but they must follow strict rules intended to avoid manipulation of a stock.

This is to avoid overt manipulation of the tools of monetary policies to effect political goals, such as re-electing the current government.

It glorifies in struggle, self-pity, self-importance, self-righteousness, self-sacrifice, punishing others, avoiding and denying responsibility, dishonesty and manipulation.

It avoids manipulation of the reader by invoking sympathy or sentiment.

Critics of the more transparent House plan, which avoids statistical manipulation by ethnicity or income, say it is politically unworkable.

If post-tax, are provisions required for avoiding manipulation of the tax charge?

The Olympic Club, which tabulates the votes, does not release the number of votes to avoid manipulation of the totals.