Word: eschew
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...don’t know what the next line will be, so it’s explosive,” says Conley. Wilder’s directorial style reflects his emphasis on dialogue. Preferring to film in black-and-white whenever possible, Wilder’s films eschew elaborate shots that he felt would distract from the dialogue and plot...
...financing she received from companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield during campaign season. This is more an indictment of the Massachusetts system of electing its Attorney General than it is a critique of Coakley. After all, it would be unprecedented among Massachusetts Attorney Generals for her to eschew such funding before being sworn in. While she may have been in a perfect position to set an example, having had no legitimate opposition to campaign against and therefore less necessity for funding, this would have been asking a lot of Coakley...
...prepared to shift the rationale for criticism. It does not appear to matter that the seminar’s original objective, as printed in its syllabus, was to discuss U.S. power under the framework of international law. It is deeply troubling that an academic like Professor Scott would both eschew objectivity and undercut independent thinking in order to indoctrinate students with anti-American sentiments. Even more unsettling is that she teaches in Australia, one of the United States’ most ardent supporters in the war on terror. This seminar is merely one illustration—a particularly troubling one?...
...wrong? In fact, maybe their whole philosophy is mistaken. Perle and Adelman are both neoconservatives, or neocons, a group that prides itself on being tough-minded and pragmatic while rejecting liberals as soft and romantic. Yet they managed to turn a President who was elected on a promise to eschew nation building into Woodrow Wilson in cowboy boots, promising democracy everywhere...
That, of course, is what O'Brien says he's doing. Digicel will target American customers who are young, poor or immigrants-- groups that traditional operators eschew--with the type of prepaid, GSM service widespread outside the States. Even in that niche market, start-ups Virgin Mobile, TracFone and others will give Digicel a run for its money--a lot of money at that. Currently, O'Brien owns more than 80% of Digicel, its 2,000 employees hold an 8% stake, and the private-equity firm Blackstone Group has about 3%. But O'Brien hasn't ruled...