Watching the game unfold, I couldn't discern what those mistakes might be, but I detected a ratcheting up of anticipation in the crowd's reactions, and in the commentators' tone, and gathered that she had skirted danger successfully.
Orlando's Dwight Howard had 9 points Sunday and successfully skirted questions all weekend about his pending trade demand.
So when we heard the piercing cry of our newborn and were told the baby had a high Apgar score, we believed we had successfully skirted the perils of pregnancy.
The Court of Appeals found unanimously that the VIP Club at 20 West 20th Street had successfully skirted the rules on X-rated businesses by turning most of its space into a restaurant and bar, limiting the area where it had topless dancers.
The original owner of the pipeline skirted the Santa Barbara County requirement by successfully arguing in court in the late 1980s that it should be subject to federal oversight because the pipeline is part of an interstate network, said Kevin Drude, deputy director of the county's Energy and Minerals Division.
Either can be matched with a maxi skirt very successfully.
Many, like Mr. and Mrs. Rios, are able to raise families successfully in El Barrio by skirting its dangers, while reveling in - and gaining confidence from - its ethnic uniqueness.
Being one of the smartest bankers means you are among those who best know how to skirt the law or, if that cannot be done, how to successfully lobby to gut it.
Less successfully, Lohan spoofed her heroine earlier this year in a scene for a forthcoming film which saw her skirt blowing around à la The Seven Year Itch.
Burton successfully completed McQueen's 2010 autumn-winter collection and its 16 ornate statement pieces including a gilded brocade "pouf skirt" minidress and sweeping "monastic" gowns.
It skirts accountability.
