Word: deflective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Only the baseball game offered the kind of drama, excitement and unpredictability that threaten to ruin my attempt to take in three different programming options at the same time. And, true to form it did-I was so busy watching Gore deflect King's inane questions about the race for 2000 that I missed a crucial home run that put the Mets up 3-2 to stay...
...harshly criticized the fbi forensics lab, which did crucial work in the Oklahoma City case; he forbade Jones to try to show that a worldwide conspiracy may have been responsible for the bombing; and he barred testimony by a government informant named Carol Howe, who Jones also hoped would deflect guilt away from McVeigh and onto others...
Witticisms and wisecracks were the weapons of choice for Harvardians--students and administrators alike--trying to deflect the threat posed by the giant "number three" hanging invisibly over University Hall...
...again--by selling "intelligent agents" that will help sort all forms of digital clutter, including E-mail. Joe's a bore, so relegate his notes to the bottom of the list. Shoot to the top anything from the boss. Primitive versions, called bozo filters, are already available to help deflect some of the more predictable detritus by sender and topic...
...swirled that the child actor turned rock star had set the craft ablaze free-basing cocaine. Today's telecitizens like to view tragedies involving high-profile victims as either retributions for evil or sacrifices of perfect innocence, and it will be interesting to see what moral is drawn to deflect and ease the sting of this...