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...course, unlikely that Bok will suddenly drop his philosophical objection and embrace the new ACSR line. But, he must take the report more seriously than he has taken student protesters. The ACSR, traditionally a lightning rod to deflect student discontent, has now passed the buck...
Hart's earnest rebuttals and belated attempts to deflect the barb with humor (he held his book, A New Democracy, between hamburger buns) did little to stem the damage. For Mondale's purposes, it was almost as if a subtle anti-Hart ad campaign had been running nationally for two months. The Wendy's chain has spent more than $8 million broadcasting its "Where's the beef?" TV ads (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). By comparison, Mondale and Hart between them have spent $2.2 million on TV advertising. Has an adman's whimsy been carried...
...creative juice. So Michael creates around himself a world that protects his creativity." And the world outside is intrigued: about that rhinestone glove, for instance, that he has taken to affecting of late. Whatever their significance may be to Michael, gloves neatly, wittily?and, one hopes, consciously?deflect seriousness and reflect two of Michael's most publicized obsessions. A glove, even one with 1,200 rhinestones, suits Astaire-style topper and tails; it is also standard issue for many Disney cartoon characters...
...American companies to work for progressive change in South Africa, Critics--many of whom have been in the movement to force universities to divest their South Africa stock--charge that the principles have not produced any real change in the condition of Blacks, and they have instead served to deflect attacks on the South African state...
...charitable contributions the companies want to make don't address [these] real issues," Smith adds. "I think they [the Sullivan principles] are used in a manipulative way by corporations like Citibank, IBM, and Mobil to deflect the real criticisms about the way their presence in South Africa helps support apartheid...