Meanwhile, Michelle Hernandez, a consultant and former admissions officer at Dartmouth College, sidestepped the topic somewhat, diverting attention to recruited athletes, who, she asserted, have a significantly greater advantage in admissions than do legacies – and far less deservedly.
All is not praise; Mr. Springsteen has been also been criticized for sidestepping the topic of race (until his new song about the Amadou Diallo shooting, "American Skin," stirred up its own controversy) and for objectifying women.
It was also exploitative for The New Yorker to use photographs of kids with guns to sidestep the fractious topic of the epidemic of gun violence.
Co-workers sidestep the subject of politics.
The academy is doing its best to sidestep the issue.
Typically, what deceptive people will do is sidestep the issue.
In the railways budget for the next financial year, India's rail minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, deftly sidestepped the sensitive topic of fare increases by proposing surcharges that are not likely to affect the poor.
But the Femsa deal sidesteps the issue.
Mr. Jackson swiftly sidestepped the issue.
Alas, Mr. Shipler sidesteps the issue.
