Corny, eschewing his truck driver's vocabulary, retorted as nearly as he could in polite phrases.
Gates says he reads about 50 books in a year, eschewing digital readers for old-fashioned books on paper.
A growing number of parents are eschewing tradition and attempting to ensure that their second child is female.
Last month, McMillon told journalists on a trip to Beijing that his goal was not to make Wal-Mart the biggest retailer in China, but rather the most trusted, eschewing a previous strategy anchored on aggressive store expansion.
Flush with cash and wanderlust, over 60 percent of mainland Chinese who chose to travel during the holiday — eschewing the traditions of gathering at home with relatives to eat dumplings and watch the Communist Party's propaganda-drenched Spring Festival Gala — preferred to get their passports stamped, surf uncensored Internet sites and fill their suitcases with souvenirs.
As more and more Chinese students study overseas, behaviour at home is changing rapidly, with young people eschewing the traditional large corporation he says.
