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Evidently he thought that I was shying away from the "connection. " mentioned at lunch, but I assured him he was wrong.

Far from shying from controversy, Zhou appears to relish it, chuckling as he admits, "I really like people cursing me. "

The White House is shying away from an overt lobbying effort to thwart the Iraq resolutions, as it might do more harm than good.

And Clinton vowed that she will not be " shying away from talking about human rights issues. "

And labour-market reforms are not all that he is shying away from.

Tough is facing the scrutiny and harsh judgments and a standard impossible to reach, then never shying away from any challenge.

Private investors are shying away from a place where default and devaluation seem imminent, giving the economy little chance of growing.

b. What is the reason of all this shying away from blue-collar work?

They are shying away from the full skirts , fur collars and bright colours of years past in favour of conservative yet original clothes .

Stop discounting your influence and shying away out of fear.

Why it's important: Buyers have been shying away from body-on-frame SUVs for years.

And German women all too often accept the negative image of working mothers by shying away from top jobs.

Investors are shying away from some loans being offered to finance leveraged buy-outs.

Namely, human capital investment and risk are mutual game-shying contradiction.

In lending markets, other banks were shying away from UBS, this person said.

So it is a true indication of the level of concern about the recent food scare that consumers are shying away from the markets.

Composers have a way of shying away from any discussion of music's expressive side.

I heard Chinese likes modesty, never knowing you are also shying away from this. The white guys just show otherwise.

If there is a flaw, it is that he is too cautious in some of his conclusions, shying away from saying outright what his narrative implies.

In addition, the companies are shying away from developing China-specific drugs because of the country's lack of adequate patent protection.

This change in appearance has now enabled people to show off their glasses instead of shying away in embarrassment.

In fact, investors are shying away from such assets.

Some people in the riot were shying stones at the police.

Shying away from those price escalations in commodities hurt a lot [in the second quarter].

'The problem is that the natural hedgers , the producers themselves, are shying away, while the buyers get bolder, 'Mr. Goldstein said.

Corporations and tycoons are increasingly shying away from Gongos, many of which are regarded as opaque and lumbering.

Do you notice those boys shying rocks at passing cars? They could cause an accident.