shuns

Mirthfully nostalgic and inspirational, it shuns the post-modern cynicism of the era.

However much the shocking destruction of neighborhoods, of favorite haunts and of classic L.A. architecture reminds us to cherish history, L.A. remains a city that cavalierly shuns history.

Friends say she shuns the limelight in part because of her desire to shield their young children, age seven, four and three.

But Donald Trump shuns what Ike learned, Reagan deployed, Bush restrained and Obama realized: The big stick of American power requires speaking not so much softly as reliably.

This is certainly not a pope who shuns the limelight – it is being among people, some would say mission, that appears to be his lifeblood.