By yesterday, Mr. Rendell seemed to be staying clear of the cameras.
The reason must be that out-of-towners and foreign visitors are staying clear of London, fearful that the capital would be a logical target for anybody seeking reprisals for Britain's participation in the war on terrorism.
Immigrant groups, having learned from the bruising they took in 2007, and in immigration fights since then in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia and other states, this time are staying clear of the policy weeds in Washington, instead working their way toward this city from the outside.
They're staying clear of me.
Just for starters, shouldn't we writers, at the very least, be staying clear of the marketing moniker, "Dreamliner," and referring to the thing by its model number like all Boeing planes?
Though a few American Muslims have come here as talibs, or seekers after Islamic truths, the best advice to other Americans would surely be: stay clear.
For better or worse, it's stayed clear of big, expensive acquisitions as well.
Even those that are staying open are making it clear that they are deeply unhappy with recent developments.
Unsurprisingly, other wide releases are staying well clear, with competition coming primarily in the arthouse realm, notably from Michael Haneke's Cannes Palme d'Or-winning Amour.
