Word: shieding
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A bit about this girl: She's an Aborigine, as you know, and Aborigines are the indigenous people here, continuously persecuted for much of the last two centuries. Cathy, who's 27 now, grew up poor, of course, on a cattle station up north. She was a good runner early...
PIE SHIED Last week Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman ducked a pie hurled courtesy of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He immediately quipped, "That was not a very balanced meal." Not bad, but what's the best way to respond to such an encounter?
Other members of the council, including Galluccio, have shied away from Braude and Decker's more overt threats, but say they understand the aggressive stance of the new councillors.
American firms like Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Calvin Klein are finding it increasingly difficult to compete against these global luxury superpowers. Tommy Hilfiger's stock has also lost luster (see box). So has Kiehl's, a 149-year-old posh beauty brand that was acquired last week by French...
Although almost all of the nearly 20 university officials and professors interviewed for this story shied away from saying their schools "compete" with the Californian powerhouse, Leland Stanford's education startup has become one to watch as technology grows increasingly important in higher education.