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"I love you, " she said. "So do I, " I replied, shunning the use of that powerful and dangerous statement.

Generally in such cases, the offender publicly apologizes and some degree of social shunning follows, at least for a while.

The manager said he was happy to continue taking risks and buy stocks the rest of the market was shunning.

The worst of them, by the name of Hines, routinely tore apart the shyest girls with her taunts and shunning.

After years of completely shunning classical music during the Cultural Revolution, China has embraced it with gusto.

Plenty of big businesses, too, are shunning the stockmarket, with its costly reporting requirements and impatient investors.

More importantly, shunning Chuck Norris in whatever format is like challenging Superman to a duel by slapping him with Kyrptonite gloves.

Shunning kingdoms of their own, the elves no longer build cities as their ancestors did, but make their homes among the trees.

These workers are discerning about jobs, shunning physical labor in favor of a position that teaches skills and offers promotions.

Visitor numbers have also been increasing at many sites because Germans have been shunning foreign holidays in the recession.

One of the most powerful tools for enforcing group morals is the practice of shunning.

Consumers in other markets are also shunning any hopes of a human lactation sensation.

Sometimes shunning emerges spontaneously when a society of millions recoils at a single member's acts.

Rolls-Royce opts for a distinctly less flashy approach, shunning co-branding in favour of word of mouth.

It is hard to imagine this would have happened if Britain had a policy of shunning foreign investment.

The dairy companies are bowing to the natural-foods trend by shunning milk from cows treated with genetically engineered growth hormone.

But in recent years many Britons have changed their drinking habits, shunning the pub and preferring to imbibe at home instead.

Getting back to the basics, seeking balance, shunning money for meaning: what has gotten into today's consumers?

Although Asia's big banks may be shunning New York, the continent's technology companies keep coming.

Shunning steps of the section in the transmission line is needed to avoid the echo and attenuation of the wave.

It woos multinational corporations while shunning domestic, small- and medium-sized businesses.

God, help us to become like Job, blameless and upright, fearing You and shunning evil.

The third truth, which also argues for shunning them, is one to be proud of. India is a democracy.

Now, with markets shunning some Euro-laggards, doing the right thing is a matter of survival.

Mr. Mitchell's firm is underwriting three deals but is cautious about the market, saying rich investors are shunning the offerings.

Two men in their 40s sit forward on a sofa, shunning glasses of fruit juice to talk rapidly, often over each other.

He carried on doling out public money and raising pensions and public-sector wages while shunning reform.

By shunning foreign entanglements, does Barack Obama risk losing his global bully pulpit?

Sisson Shunning light, a pink shrimp buries itself in aquarium sand except for its feelers and golf-ball eyes.

But, hedge funds have been shunning recent IPOs because the liquidity isn't there for a quick exit.

By the late 1960s, shoppers sought intimacy in boutiques, shunning the larger department stores.

When they do buy, individual investors have been shunning U. S. stocks in favor of bonds.

Shunning doctors, he feels as strong as an ox, although he has been drinking and overeating for years.

That famous writer lived alone, shunning all community activity.

President Lee had sought to exert pressure by shunning most political, business and other contacts.

And be here again next Thursday, ' continued he, shunning her puzzled gaze.

But young Americans are increasingly shunning them.

Bollywood films, known for their song and dance, are famed for shunning social realism as vehemently as on-screen kisses.

The past year, however, has brought signs that China is shunning that softly-softly approach in Asia.

The scope for shunning China is shrinking anyway.

She has admitted shunning carbs in favour of salad, steamed fish and vegetables.

Far from shunning that historical union, we should embrace it.

It is also a central feature of punishment, shunning, or ostracism.

That has left investors shunning groups that hold toxic assets, such as Lehman Brothers.

And it is not just women who are shunning the football frenzy.

Aeolotropism and its exploitation significance of Chang 21 low permeability sandstone reservoir of Yanchang Formation, Shunning Oilfield

By shunning all but organic farming techniques, the Himalayan state will cement its status as a paradigm of sustainability

Lies in rejecting all moral platitudes and in shunning all efforts at moral

Older executives are shunning corporate training. This is a problem both for them and the firms they work for