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Government officials in Homan’s position are required to steer clear of any activity that could impact their former business associates for a year after entering government.

Margarine has had a bad reputation for years and many of us believe we should steer clear of it.

It’s this completely inscrutable message where Dow is simultaneously saying that Roberts is trying to protect the integrity and the esteem of the judiciary, but at the same time, he’s trying to steer clear of politics.

For more than 70 years, churches and other religious institutions in the United States were told to steer clear of “any political activity” or risk losing their tax-exempt status.

Fanny warned her family to steer clear of the cops, said her sister, Elisabeth.