Equally, Washington needs assurance that others are not using negotiations as an excuse to sidestep confrontation with Iraq.
And with only a couple of days left in the campaign, Democrats and Republicans are wondering whether Mr. Ashcroft, 58, can politely continue to sidestep confrontation with Mrs. Carnahan, 66, who is not expected to appear in any campaign events.
The brevity of texting, or textese, which calls for a carefully calculated language of emotionless evasion, sidesteps confrontation.
It's a message that has secular appeal (who doesn't believe in compassion?), and it has allowed the pope to sidestep a confrontation with the church's more conservative forces, by encouraging local priests to use their own discretion.
The quirky label is not only an attempt to sidestep a confrontation with Google, but also hints at Alpha's different approach to answering questions.In this section Peek-a-boo Unveiled The search is on Expats at work Court behind ReprintsInstead of serving up a list of popular links to other sites that contain the search term picked by a user, Alpha is a more-or-less closed system.
Surrender was not inevitable, of course, but the attack was staged in a way that disguised ultimate intentions and sidestepped direct confrontation.
After weeks of stalling a vote on the overhaul of the campaign finance law, Republicans agreed to let it come to the Senate for debate on Monday, sidestepping a confrontation this morning.
ST. LOUIS — The leaders of the nation's largest group of nuns sidestepped a confrontation with the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, announcing Friday that they would "dialogue" with the archbishop appointed by the Vatican to take over their group, but not "compromise the integrity" of their mission.
But a potential online strike loomed as a possibility — and a way for Russia and Iran to sidestep a direct confrontation with the United States military.
Theresa May, the home secretary, today sidestepped an early confrontation with Liberal Democrat and Tory backbenchers by telling MPs that the measure allowing terror suspects to be held for 28 days before charge should be temporarily renewed for six months.
The reason she gave that ended all discussion was 'because.' " "Backing into Forward" provides the reader with a sharply evocative portrait of the author's youth in the Bronx, where he says he grew up a terrified, cowardly child, who "sidestepped arguments, fled confrontations, pedaled away from fistfights".
