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It is not hard to see why Americans shun the topic.
Serious science used to shun the topic as a realm for cranks and pulp fiction but Thorne, holder of multiple awards and honorary degrees, and adviser to Nasa and Congress as a member of the National Academy of Sciences' space science board, has made it respectable.
I totally get the impulse to want to shun the topic, because the topic brings a lot of people a lot of pain.
Pick a time to invite their friends over for pizza or the like, then mention some facts of drinking, like local car fatalities and take notice of who seems interested and those that may shun the topic.
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I don't think Hollywood shuns the topic of abortion in fear of anything but boredom.
The media has generally shunned the topic of the war's costs, despite the fact that the U.S. is spending roughly $6 billion a month in Afghanistan alone.
Shun the epic".
Tourists shun the place.
Banks and investors alike shun the company.
(Indeed, they shun the label "creationism" altogether).
They largely shun the news media.
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