Word: shieding
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PIE SHIED Last week Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman ducked a pie hurled courtesy of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He immediately quipped, "That was not a very balanced meal." Not bad, but what's the best way to respond to such an encounter?
Other members of the council, including Galluccio, have shied away from Braude and Decker's more overt threats, but say they understand the aggressive stance of the new councillors.
American firms like Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Calvin Klein are finding it increasingly difficult to compete against these global luxury superpowers. Tommy Hilfiger's stock has also lost luster (see box). So has Kiehl's, a 149-year-old posh beauty brand that was acquired last week by French...
Although almost all of the nearly 20 university officials and professors interviewed for this story shied away from saying their schools "compete" with the Californian powerhouse, Leland Stanford's education startup has become one to watch as technology grows increasingly important in higher education.
The Massachusetts state directors for the presidential campaigns of both George W. Bush and Al Gore '69 shied away from partisanship in their discussion of the life of a political insider last night, where both encouraged students to pursue what they called a rewarding but taxing profession.