The commission's records show that when devising this rule, it turned aside pleas from political groups to limit enforcement only to ads, saying such a narrow focus was not what Congress intended.
In doing so, it turned aside a plea from Ms. Schapiro, whose opinions carry far less importance in this Congress than those of lobbyists who claim to represent small business.
For a second, the barge seemed sure to hit the rocks anyway, but then, gradually, it turned aside, skimming past the breakwater and into the heart of the inlet, catching a final wave before drifting elegantly into place.
Writing in the 14th Century, Saint Gregory Palamás made a similar observation regarding the nature of evil: "It should be remembered that no evil thing is evil insofar as it exists, but insofar as it is turned aside from the activity appropriate of it, and thus from the end assigned to this activity".
It also turned aside arguments that such limits amount to suppression of speech, lacking any concrete proof that candidates are prevented from raising sufficient funds to get their voices heard.
Many people may have passed the bush but only Moses noticed it as he "turned aside" from the common path and out of curiosity, patiently contemplated this bush that would not be consumed and what that meant.
The simile does more than merely assert that Othello's urge for vengeance cannot now be turned aside; it suggests huge natural forces.
But, while the river may not be turned aside, it may dry up, and leave nothing behind but the withered branch, and the unsightly rock, to howl in the abyss-sweeping wind, the sad tale of departed glory.
Wycombe responded with drives by Dannie Bulman and Brown, which Simon Royce turned aside, but it took a confrontation between Savage and Brown, and an exchange of yellow cards, to enliven matters.
This assertion flatly contradicts the text of the Fourth Meditation, where Descartes had written that, where the will is indifferent, "it easily turns aside from what is true and good, and this is the source of my error and sin" (AT VII 58/CSM II 40 1).
And so they turned aside, as one view of history has it, from modernism and went back to the nursery.
