It's also another impressive vehicle for the talents of Russell Crowe, giving him the opportunity to put his unique stamp on a kind of character that is very difficult for an actor to convey, and which movies usually avoid like the plague : a man of intellect.
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The first printed edition was published in 1974, and contained the comment on Watney's brewery : " Avoid like the plague ", which generated a lot of media attention and caused the publisher, Waddington, to recall the first print run and revise the description to " Avoid at all costs ".
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Kerr and the NFLPA, on the other hand, argued that a union _ because of a recent Supreme Court decision _ would put the players in a situation where if negotiations didn't go to their satisfaction, their only leverage was to strike, something he said the players " wanted to avoid like the plague ."
