Word: deflections
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Reilly did her best Mitch Gaylord immitation--making saves only a gymnast could get to. With nearly 17 minutes remaining, Princeton forced the keeper to dive for the save. The Tigers picked up the rebound, and Reilly had to jump to deflect that...
...usual rules don't apply here. Freedman just assumed they were guilty," said Charles Horner, an official at the Madison Center for Educational Affairs, a conservative think-tank in Washington that gives grants to campus publications. "The regime at Dartmouth would rather deflect criticism from its real problems...
...East Germans are convinced. Kohl's campaign speech to the same Halle audience was interrupted by shouts of "liar" and a hail of tomatoes and eggs hurled by a group of leftist protesters. Security guards used umbrellas to deflect the missiles, and Kohl did his best to turn the incident to his advantage. "If you want to see the result of 40 years of communist rule," he said, "just look at these hooligans with blind rage in their faces. A vote for the Communists is a vote for violence and state terror...
...Romania demonstrations erupted against food and fuel shortages, amid calls for the resignation of President Ion Iliescu. In an apparent effort to deflect attention from its troubles, the government endorsed ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the forced cession of parts of Transylvania to Hungary in 1940. The maneuver may have worked in the short term, but at the price of increasing tensions between the region's 6 million Romanians and 2.3 million ethnic Hungarians...
...deflect criticism and forestall restrictive new laws, some brewers are beginning to promote moderation with fresh vigor. Anheuser-Busch, which will spend some $325 million selling its top-ranked Budweiser and other brands this year, has spent $40 million during the past 18 months on its "Know When to Say When" campaign. While the firm broadcast 21 beer ads during the past N.C.A.A. final-four series, for example, it also aired 17 "responsible consumption" messages. As students flocked to spring-break sites in recent weeks, the brewers were advertising a "party smart" theme. In its tent at Daytona Beach...