Word: sidestepping
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Schools are seeking ways to sidestep such concerns. Iowa and Buffalo bar students under 18 from porn classes. At the University of California at Santa Barbara, Constance Penley, a film professor and porn-studies pioneer, says she tells her students that "I don't want to squelch their financial possibilities or creativity, but as a favor to me, could they not make a porn film until after they graduate?" Teaching them about porn is one thing. Training them for a career in the adult arts is another...
...according to the authors. Abortion rates in this group fell 16% compared to 18-year-olds, and the rate of births also increased, by 4%. But the rate of second-trimester abortions rose 34% among this group, suggesting that girls who pursued abortions waited until their 18th birthday to sidestep the law - a result that may not cheer anti-abortion activists who might otherwise be heartened by the survey's findings...
...renowned for making irresponsible statements on open-lists, in person, and in public. The HRC did not sidestep W for such yelping; rather, they rewarded him with their highest honor, leadership of a group of self-appointed watchdogs...
...Afghan army of 26,000 is unreliable, and the new police force of 56,000 is 90% illiterate. Even more worryingly, some Iraqi terrorist tactics, such as suicide bombings and roadside explosives, have been showing up more frequently in Afghanistan. So what started as a clever political sidestep to allow the Europeans to make up with Washington without going to Iraq now seems a lot less clever. It may end up doing more harm than good - and leave the alliance looking, once again, for a viable reason to exist...
Still, legal experts said, the court might feel inclined—and even obligated—to sidestep the free-speech issue by ruling on statutory grounds, as the Harvard brief suggested...