Word: eschew
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...past year or so, in the Middle East [has] made it more difficult to reach a settlement," and suggested that his administration would try to avoid the mistake of pushing for a final agreement on Jerusalem. Cheney's comments underline the expectation that the new Bush administration will eschew President Clinton's activist, micromanaging style to Mideast peace, and may adopt a less optimistic approach. The stated intention of President-elect Bush's foreign policy team is to formulate policy on the basis of a more clearly defined U.S. national interest, and that may make the new administration more inclined...
...vote." That makes Clark, in effect, a lab rat in a national experiment. He's one of 116 legislative candidates in Maine running with funds given under the state's Clean Elections Act. Passed by voters four years ago, it offers full public financing to state office seekers who eschew the smarmy scramble for campaign funds. Several states have similar laws; Missouri and Oregon voters cast ballots on such measures this week. But with this election, Maine is the first to test fully the bold scheme...
Some flyers, particularly those with full-time jobs, buy the newer, almost-ready-to-fly models. But for the retired, building is often half the fun. Depending on the flyer and method--some eschew kits, using their own wood and blueprints--the building process can take months or even years. Scale planes, with gauges, instruments and minipilots, can be especially labor intensive...
...only the third-person Sinatra version of The Lady Is a Tramp, so I am surprised to learn that Lorenz Hart's original lyrics are in the first person. So when this lady learns to play it, it will have an autobiographical ring of truth. After all, I too eschew crap games with barons and earls...
...terms of style, Bush occasionally lost track of the question, offered answers without specifics or seemed to turn to technicalities in order to eschew Gore's attacks. Gore, on the other hand, came across as a skilled debater with a powerful, but not overbearing, control of the facts. Luckily for the viewers, he managed to avoid the numeric quagmire he encountered in the first debate, instead using compelling and memorable comparisons to illustrate his points. Yet Gore did occasionally fail to answer the question he was asked, although he was generally able to return to the subject later...