Word: distracter
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...federal rules are likely to change as often as every six months, making it virtually impossible to plan for long-term capital investments. Roadblock No. 4: Congressional threats to break up the oil companies. Though Bower predicted that pending divestiture bills will fail, he cautioned that such attacks distract the oil companies from the essential task of developing greater resources...
THOREAU PREACHED simplification and the advice was well-heeded by the set designers. The props and furniture are sparse and do not distract the viewer from the characters. The blocking is exceptionally good and the costumes are unpretentious...
...already melting. We had a drink, and slid in the slush, and threw a few snowballs. But our night would soon be morning, so we headed for home. The next day, I set back to work on papers and readings I had left undone, with one more daydream to distract...
...troublemakers who are cleverly using the Western press to draw attention to themselves and are in turn being used by Western governments to stir up trouble in Communist countries. Last week Pravda accused the West of dangling dissidents "on the fishing rod of bourgeois propaganda" so as to distract "the masses from the deep crisis in the capitalist system...
Daley's Chicago worked downtown and along the lakefront where the beautiful buildings he gave the city serve as a testament to his ability to improve Chicago. But the skyscrapers and architectural wonders--for all their importance--distract visitors from seeing the decaying inner city, which doesn't work so well. No public housing has been built recently. Daley refused to put the projects in white areas and lost federal funds as a result. Chicago remains statistically the most segregated major city in the nation. And the Machine can't and won't do much for ghetto dwellers. The infant...