Word: shieding
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Karzai has never shied from risks. On Oct. 7 he slipped inside southern Afghanistan, heading first to his ancestral village of Karz, near Kandahar. From there he set off to the mountains of Oruzgan province, recruiting tribal elders to join an anti-Taliban coalition. It was not long before the...
Washington has shied away from such a dialogue because of oil, as if criticizing the Saudis in public would lead to lines at the gas pumps and memories of Jimmy Carter. That misunderstands the economics of energy. True, the U.S. now imports more than 50% of its oil, and around...
Audiences have shied away from Last Castle, and most critics have declared it a stinker, except for one thing: Redford's performance as a court-martialed three-star general leading a prison revolt. He says he was intrigued by the role because he hadn't played a military character before...
SNL is best when it dives headfirst into what’s happening, and thus far the show has mostly shied away from current events. Presidential elections, the Gulf War, the O.J. Simpson trial and Lewinsky have provided many of the show’s greatest recent moments. This year...
Council candidate E. Denise Simmons shied away from the limelight, choosing to stay with her mother in a nursing home for most of the night.