Word: shirked
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...Gary Hart off a cliff in 1988, Lamar Alexander insists he alone has the "new ideas" a new millennium deserves. So goes the sound bite. But Alexander's signature proposals don't always live up to their billing. Many have been kicked around for years, dropped as unwise, shirk the tough calls or come with so few details that they raise more questions than they answer...
BILL CLINTON Waffle du jour on 1993 taxes suggests there is no firm stand he isn't willing to shirk...
...must never forget the cowardly indifference to butchery. We must never forget the fact that the Nations of the world united to prevent a people from defending itself against attacks. We must never forget that the United States has a special role to play, a role it cannot shirk. We must never forget...
...have been thinking about how fans--completely unathletic in their own right--find great joy in sports but also use them as a way to shirk their problems...
...fact that Asian Americans as a whole don't participate politically. It's an important priority for AAA not to shirk from addressing political issues," she says. "Of course there will be disagreement, but we need to be careful not to continue that passive stance. I don't think disagreement should be a reason not to deal with political issues...