Word: deflecting
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...closely held secret. Many young commandos now consider Arafat a reactionary, and they may deliberately ignore him when laying their plans. Associates say that Arafat was genuinely surprised and upset when he was told of the assassination of Wasfi Tell-though that could have been an act to deflect criticism from himself...
...Sadat could even negotiate on the basis of Israel's proposal and survive in power. But by making the proposal, the Israeli government had probably gone about as far as it could without seriously eroding its own domestic support. And for the moment it had also helped to deflect international criticism over its determined grip on the occupied territories...
Buell G. Gallagher, L.H.D., president emeritus of C.C.N.Y. Recognizing education as a function of human relationships, you tried at all times to keep open the doors of access and communication within this college community, using compassion and humor to deflect anger and divisiveness. A. Philip Randolph, LL.D., president emeritus of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters...
Thomas won the Ivy League scoring title last year, but this season he has been primarily a playmaker. "When I get the ball in the center I usually have my back to the goal and two fullbacks on me, so my job is to deflect the ball out to the wings," he said...
...feel about this in your own words?" The lessons that he learned from Franklin Roosevelt told in his "own words" would be utterly fascinating. Along the years we have caught glimpses: how F.D.R. regaled Johnson with an account of "a naked Russian woman" in order to deflect a request the young Congressman had made for money for a dam in Texas. Or how he sat at the old master's elbow as Roosevelt prepared to fire Ambassador Joseph Kennedy for saying in 1939 that Germany would not be beaten...