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sidestep·ping
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sidestepping in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sidestepping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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Oklahoma's at the point where we have decided we are drawing a line today and sidestepping the government’s overreach.
By sidestepping a ruling on the California Rule, the supreme court didn't solve anything. They left a big unknown out there to be determined at a later date.
The court's summary rulings today in a pair of redistricting cases from North Carolina seem to drive home that the justices are not in a hurry to reconsider claims of partisan gerrymandering after sidestepping two major cases earlier this term, but that they will continue to pay close attention to claims that district lines were drawn due to race-based considerations, of course, whether Justice( Anthony) Kennedy's successor will tip the scales in favor or against these claims more categorically remains to be seen, so today's decisions are perhaps best understood as putting things into a holding pattern.
Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backward, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck.
It is appalling to see Kentucky lawmakers work so hastily on dangerous legislation that will only put young LGBTQ Kentuckians in harm’s way, in the last year, nearly half of LGBTQ youth in Kentucky seriously considered suicide – alarmingly, nearly 1 in 4 transgender and nonbinary youth in the state made a suicide attempt. Our leaders are pushing political wedge issues and sidestepping the real challenges like addressing the youth mental health crisis.
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