State legislatures, too, are reacting swiftly to the protests, and the Westboro group has mostly steered clear of states that have already enacted laws.
Michael R. Lissack, a former Wall Street investment banker who blew the whistle on illegal practices in the business of underwriting municipal bonds, said Schwab and U.S. Trust might have to steer clear of state business while Ms. Miranda is an employee.
While environmental campaigners talk about considering family size with regard to consumption of natural resources, politicians have largely steered clear of suggesting that the state should interfere in the number of children families have.
While a sale of substantial state holdings in various industries would give the Slovenian government some fiscal breathing space to enact the necessary reforms, previous governments steered clear of privatizing any significant state holdings as GDP growth slowed.
In many states, Republicans have steered clear of candidates with long political track records -- eschewing state representatives and veteran city council members who have cast thousands of votes ripe for scrutiny -- in favor of political outsiders.
Intent on establishing herself as a powerful secretary of state, she has steered clear of public statements on the topic and has not discussed it in any detail with President Obama.
America has usually steered clear of this sort of action against state-run economies, saying it is prohibitively difficult to calculate excess subsidies.
While House Republicans boasted in April of the boldness of their budget — it would turn Medicare into a voucher program for private insurance and Medicaid into a reduced block grant to states — they steered clear of changing Social Security.
MIAMI — In a year in which most states have steered clear of contentious ballot initiatives, Florida voters are facing two proposed constitutional amendments — one on abortion, the other on the separation of church and state — that could have far-reaching repercussions.
When Mr. Romney addressed hundreds of donors and other supporters at a pair of campaign stops in Nebraska, one of the nation's most reliable Republican states, he steered clear of the topic of same-sex marriage, underscoring Republican caution over the shifting politics of the gay marriage debate.
And while it has gotten some public support in Connecticut since Sandy Hook, including at a news conference with Bridgeport's Democratic Mayor Bill Finch, an active member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, some of NSSF's friends in the state have steered clear of the initiative because it's sponsored by the gun industry.
