Harold had a strong aversion to asparagus. From LearnThat.org.
Risk aversion is one of the most serious problems and largest cost of our human space flight enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering - NASA Watch] Reference
Mr. Hoover expressed, admittedly with a certain aversion, his ignorance of and uncertainty about blogging. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome to the blogosphere ...] Reference
Well, risk aversion translates into increased demand for safe bicycle infrastructure as a precondition for riding. From Wordnik.com. [Transit Miami] Reference
I really feel like I should try it after reading this post, but my liver aversion is so strong that I will probably wuss out again. From Wordnik.com. [Feeling Posh while Impoverished] Reference
In the cycling arena, that risk aversion translates into increased demand for safe bike infrastructure as a prerequisite for riding. From Wordnik.com. [Cheap and Easy: The Fundamental Problem of Cycling] Reference
He recalls the word aversion - can he somehow nudge or blur the chaos so that people do not wish to look at him, without knowing why?. From Wordnik.com. [Scion of Cyador]
Anger is an excess of aversion, that is of voluntarity not yet employed. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
Gerhardt: risk aversion is leading schools to pay the CCC for content they’re already subscribing to. From Wordnik.com. [Seton Hall, Works in Progress in Intellectual Property conference] Reference
Mr. Wenlock loves you, lady, and if he is so unhappy as to be your aversion, that is a punishment severe enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story] Reference
He’s not alone: according to a new study, humans may have a built-in aversion to snakes and their hissing, slithering, menacing ways. From Wordnik.com. [Primary Sources] Reference
There was that in Ruth Erskine's voice when she chose to let it appear that said, "My aversion is a very serious and disagreeable thing.". From Wordnik.com. [The Chautauqua Girls At Home] Reference
The endowment effect is a well studied by-product of loss aversion, which is the fact that losing something hurts a disproportionate amount. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
This is known as aversion. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Calm] Reference
Remember risk aversion is not linear. From Wordnik.com. [Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Risk aversion is exactly the problem. whatsso4me. From Wordnik.com. [Conservative Republican Participation - Morton_C_Blackwell’s blog - RedState] Reference
I think this post is some kind of aversion therapy. From Wordnik.com. [Play It Again, Wrecks.] Reference
Is this turning into some kind of aversion-therapy blog?. From Wordnik.com. [Wreck Spotting] Reference
A proportionate aversion to real action consequent upon it '(the aversion, that is to say, is consequent on the activity). From Wordnik.com. [Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth] Reference
"generic idea" of rags and dirt associated with the idea of aversion, and that of sleek broadcloth associated with the idea of liking?. From Wordnik.com. [Hume (English Men of Letters Series)] Reference
No one is willing to address my point about race, because they have some kind of aversion to admitting that America has made moral progress. From Wordnik.com. ["A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married. Those who think she's too young are wrong, and they are being unfair to her."] Reference
This aversion is only limited to the blogosphere. From Wordnik.com. [The Literary Landscape of Singapore] Reference
2) Investor risk aversion is largely unchanged during different tax environments. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Just The Facts: Tax Cuts For The Rich Don’t Help The Stock Market] Reference
And, it does, but it also connotes (or carries with) "aversion" or "not-like-to-be-around-tivity," if I may. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
"It really reflects this heightened risk aversion which is particularly bearish for carry trades," Ms Trinh said. From Wordnik.com. [WA Business News - Latest News] Reference
Many a man would regard with disgust the idea of striking his wife, who will yet cherish against her an aversion which is infinitely worse. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar's Daughter] Reference
Democrats 'passion for sampling is no less political than the Republicans' aversion to it. From Wordnik.com. [Politics And The Census] Reference
Another has announced her aversion to food that crawls, flies or looks like its living form. From Wordnik.com. [I Can Guess Who's Coming To Dinner] Reference
A cultural aversion to giving blood has fostered a seller's market that all but guarantees disaster. From Wordnik.com. [Blood And Money] Reference
"Risk aversion has taken hold," says Rep. Porter Goss, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. From Wordnik.com. [A James Bond Wanna-Be?] Reference
For him, the journey has been the opposite: overcoming his aversion to what he terms "snooty culture.". From Wordnik.com. [Married to the Snob] Reference
While applauding Ornish's emphasis on plant-based foods, few nutritionists share his blanket aversion to fat. From Wordnik.com. [Healer Of Hearts] Reference
Okuchi struggled for several years with her son's aversion to school -- and tutored him to uphold his desire to learn. From Wordnik.com. [Reaching The 'New Youth'] Reference
But the holdouts 'aversion to computerizing shows how some businesses try to find competitive advantages in being low-tech. From Wordnik.com. [No Pc Required] Reference
Axelrod harbored doubts about whether Obama's aversion to confrontation when it becomes nasty and personal would hamper him as a candidate. From Wordnik.com. [Time to Get in the Ring] Reference
She faced her fear of dogs because her twin had five of them, and got over her aversion to putting her face in water because her twin could. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Two] Reference
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