Word: deflective
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...while each cited the play of his two linemates as the driving force between their collective success, trying to deflect the spotlight, this much is clear: come Friday, Brown will be paying attention...
...always seemed to be in the right place at the right time. While again on the man-advantage late in the second period, Ruggiero fired a shot from the point—only to find Corriero’s side. Nevertheless, the girl with the golden touch managed to deflect the shot past Barrie for a third time, completing the hat trick...
...dense mist swirls, then parts, revealing one man, then 10, then an entire platoon of guerrilla soldiers, all armed and battle-hardened. Their tattered fatigues are muddy and cover tattoos they believe will ward off cold and deflect enemy bullets. This apparition is part of the Shan State Army (S.S.A.), one of a handful of rebel outfits still fighting the Burmese government. The S.S.A.'s goal?an independent homeland for the Shan, Burma's second largest ethnic group?is all but impossible to achieve. But this is still rebel country, with steep, jungle-clad mountains and plunging ravines, where...
...Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard. This posed an interesting test for the general, who pundits say has three things going for him: resume, resume and resume. But Jennings' question revealed the kind of experience Clark doesn't have and can't fake: the ability to deflect or diffuse a question that is bound to hurt you with someone, no matter how you answer it. Clark responded that he didn't know the facts of the case, but he said, "I've seen this charge bandied about a lot" and that Moore was entitled to his opinion...
Instead of relying upon finesse and well-placed shots exclusively, which Boe and the Harvard defense have proven themselves more than capable of handling, the Big Green will flood the goalmouth in an attempt to obscure Boe’s line of sight and deflect shots past...