Word: sidestep
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...ability to debate is not necessarily the sign of an effective leader. In fact, debates are often won by the candidate most skilled in the quick sidestep and the artful dodge. A leader must take time and have some solitude before engaging his mouth. Robert Brundin Torrance, Calif...
...seemed more political than athletic. In March, the native South African abruptly left her homeland, which is banned from the Olympics, and picked up a quickie British citizenship, thanks to her English-born grandfather. Eyebrows were raised, feathers were ruffled, backs were got up. Would her hop, skip and sidestep work? The British Olympic Association, after consulting with International Olympic Committee officials, ruled last week that she is eligible. All that now remains between Budd, 18, and Los Angeles is the British Olympic trials this week, where the first three finishers in the 3,000 meters will...
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...court should go right ahead. When we take this step, it is regarded as improper and propaganda." This inconsistency made many U.S. legal scholars uncomfortable. The respected American Society of International Law, holding its annual meeting in Washington, adopted a resolution deploring the Administration's attempt to sidestep Nicaragua's legal challenge...
...that is, except the canny souls who sidestep the problem altogether, and this is Silver's eminently successful strategy. To say that Harvard is merely the backdrop for Death of a Harvard Freshman wouldn't be quite fair; most of the plot elements are uniquely Harvard, from the Nietzsche course which sends one student over the brink to the rivalry between Lauren, defiant product of the New Jersey public school system, and a stuffy preppie couple from Exeter. And Silver gets endless mileage out of Lauren's freshman-week-esque enthusiasm over her classmates' brilliance and diversity...