Word: distortive
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...history of backing coups in foreign countries shows what can happen when geopolitical games distort our democratic ideals. Democracy and free speech are universal freedoms, the natural rights of all people. For us to criticize our democratic country for the actions of the CIA makes us not un-American but truly the best of Americans. JEROME MCCOLLOM West Milwaukee...
...countries - such as Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands - that have a liberal approach, believing that sales promotions work in favor of the consumer. And then there are others, including Germany, France and some of the Scandinavian nations, that are deeply skeptical about the value of promotions, arguing that they distort rational purchasing decisions and thus work against the consumer's best interest. "The inherent question is whether people buy the product just because it comes with a free daffodil," Circus says. "When it's a product they wouldn't want or wouldn't buy without [the daffodil], that makes...
...done. It's addictive.) The Web was designed by scientists as a way to share data, but Nakamura uses it to share something more profound: a sense of playfulness. Words and images float freely across the screen or follow the cursor like schools of curious minnows. Images bulge and distort or blow away as if in a high wind. A clock ticks off seconds with a hand frantically stacking and unstacking toy wooden blocks. Words shatter into their component letters at the click of a mouse or spontaneously organize themselves into flow charts on the fly. Nakamura's websites turn...
...trial of Cedric Harrison, 17, who faces the death penalty for allegedly killing a man during a carjacking. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last week suspended jury selection, known as voir dire, to consider the prosecution's argument that cameras in the jury room would distort both the makeup of the panel and its later discussions about the case. Fourteen of the 110 potential jurors from surrounding Harris County had expressed discomfort about being filmed during voir dire and had been excused from service. Said the prosecutors' brief: "The desire to serve on a Survivor-style reality-television...
...marijuana’s harmlessness is precisely what the ONDCP campaign is trying to cover up. The gun ad ends with white writing on a black screen that says “Marijuana can distort your sense of reality.” And then fades into “Harmless...