The Giants, on the other hand, have mostly shied away from letting former players hold key management positions.
As in the last one, the adversaries have mostly shied from hitting each other directly, preferring propaganda, proxy fighters and subtler pressures.
Ms. Lee has mostly shied away from politics, though she dabbled in advocacy when she spoke in support of same-sex marriage at an Out Magazine gathering in November.
But he has so far mostly shied from the big states where general elections are won -- Missouri last night and Michigan this weekend.
His portrayal of an appalling priest brought worldwide recognition to this reflective, scholarly and rather diffident man, but his own strong faith he mostly shied from discussing.
And there's a larger question, too, about whether the Tea Party (which, polls show, has a large constituency of religious conservatives) will turn to social issues, from which it has mostly shied away.
These are risks that the mainstream industry mostly shies away from, because the dangers involved are too great to be compatible with the legal responsibility that news organisations have for staff reporters.
