Word: deflected
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Some diplomatic sources feel that Viet Nam's latest concession may be intended to deflect further U.S. criticism of its attacks on Khmer resistance camps in neighboring Kampuchea. Laos' accommodating attitude may be in response to recent U.S. overtures, including an American shipment in December of 5,000 tons of rice to alleviate the effects of a poor Laotian harvest. But no major breakthrough of the M.I.A. problem in Laos or Viet Nam seems near. "The timing has made everyone open their eyes," says one U.S. official in Bangkok. "But nothing has happened that hasn't been in the works...
...says, however, that some of the donations were motivated by a desire to deflect accusations that Lampoon humor capitalized on the popularity of racial slurs...
...only quoting "outside sources" and that the allegations did not reflect the Kremlin's official view. A State Department aide characterized the exchange somewhat differently. Said the official: "There was a lot of shouting." Some Western diplomats in Moscow speculated that the Soviet charges were meant to deflect attention from Italian Judge Ilario Martella's report indicting three Bulgarians (and by implication the Soviet KGB) for conspiring to murder Pope John Paul...
Perhaps polls do not really do much except satisfy curiosity and provide a data base for election bets. But politicians also use polls, their own and others, to direct candidates to target spots or to order up quickie commercials to exploit or deflect some new political concern...
...Kind was kind to the Eliot squad, allowing a pair of defensive tackles to smash through the line and deflect a pass just as it left his hands...