Word: deflective
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Despite the outward display of confidence, Bush and his aides sought to deflect any repercussions from the vice president's debate comment that he hadn't decided whether women who obtain abortions should face legal penalties...
...coup came two weeks after Maung Maung himself had tried to deflect the revolutionary tide by announcing elections. But Maung Maung failed to set a date for the balloting, and the demonstrations went on. By last week the opposition's emerging leadership appeared to be focusing on the issue of how to negotiate a transfer of power. Three leading dissidents -- former generals Aung Gyi and Tin Oo, and Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of one of Burma's great nationalist heroes and the country's newest and brightest political star -- wrote to Maung Maung formally rejecting the proposed elections. They...
...numbers of the undersized and underpowered T-55 and T-62 models. The new T-80 travels at a sluggish 40 m.p.h., but is equipped with a lethal 125-mm cannon and laser-guided fire control. One big advance is shields of "reactive" armor that explode on contact to deflect projectiles fired by all but the newest NATO tanks...
...House moved to deflect criticism, adopting a compromise version sponsored by Reps. Steve Gunderson (R-Wis.) and Tim Penny (D-Minn.). It would go ahead with the increase but only for April through June next year. Supporters said it would knock $30 million off the price...
...good guys, fighting for "truth, justice and the American way," which seems to many people a very good thing to do. Superman's violence is never cruel, however; he punches villains but rarely does them any real harm. His greatest powers are exerted to deflect violence, by stepping in front of bullets, say, or moving huge objects out of harm...