Word: sidestep
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...from functioning in his domain. Although the Northern Alliance holds 17 of the 30 cabinet posts, Dostum feels slighted by his Tajik alliance partners who got the plum jobs. And that's not the half of it: The Tajik Northern Alliance representatives at the talks also had to sidestep their leader, President Burhanuddin Rabbani, in order to cut a deal - one Tajik aide at Koenigswinter told reporters that Rabbani was old and ought to retire, but there is no sign that the man currently in charge in Kabul agrees. Most of the Pashtun warlords currently staking out their fiefdoms...
...permit requires a special hearing—a process that could take several weeks to complete—and the misunderstanding prevented the organizers from obtaining a permit in time. It is somewhat heartening that Winthrop’s “Chastity” was able to sidestep the Commission’s bureaucracy because the event is not officially ticketed—House residents receive free tickets after paying House dues...
...month crash course in U.S. legal, corporate and media customs--the sort of tutorial that more and more global companies must take in countries where they do business. The irony in this case is that a staid Swiss firm has learned the U.S. class-action game well enough to sidestep the punitive damages that have knocked down other businesses--think asbestos--like dominoes. Medica's bold, novel defense may set a precedent for other lawsuit-plagued industries, including tobacco...
...Bush, of course, because he has, to some extent, been set up. The Clinton administration had participated in Kyoto talks from the beginning, but had no intention of actually putting the treaty before the Senate. And while Clinton never flatly rejected Kyoto, his negotiating positions were essentially attempts to sidestep mandatory emission cuts...
...wonder that the plot makes some wild swerves after this, trying to sidestep Soneji's pathetic whimpering and save Along Came A Spider from its inevitable demise. Unfortunately, the screenplay does not succeed-in fact, the movie is not even scary. Instead of relying on the actors' performances to convey tension and apprehension, director Lee Tamahori seems to be acknowledging the limited talents of his cast by inundating his audience with Jerry Goldsmith's overly ominous score...