Word: distracter
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...laid off more than 200 clerical workers, an arm of the university’s workforce largely composed of women, and drawn up plans to lay off 180 more? These layoffs expose the Working Mother award as so much smoke and mirrors, grist for a propaganda mill determined to distract the Harvard community while working mothers in our midst are fighting just to keep their jobs. Feminists and anyone concerned about the real status of working mothers at this university have a responsibility to stand up and oppose this hypocrisy...
...pregnant woman. Burma is home to anywhere from 2 million to 8 million Muslims?it's impossible to be more accurate because most are denied Burmese citizenship and therefore don't appear in official records. They are often the target of state-orchestrated violence incited (the theory goes) to distract everyone else from their own meager lot. An older Burmese friend reminded me how Ne Win had provoked anti-Chinese riots in 1967 to divert attention from the rising price of rice...
...aerial spin kicks. Lau was willing to accept less-than-top billing for a chance to work in a major mainland production?it's his first?with one of Asia's most honored directors. "In Hong Kong the camera is always moving," says Lau. The cinematic trick can distract an audience, providing cover for weak or halfhearted acting. "Zhang Yimou will put the camera on you and leave it there. And if you're good, you're good. And if you're not, well ..." A virgin to Oscar-class filmmaking, Lau says the project is both daunting and enticing: "People...
...steroid controversy earlier this year, Major League Baseball is making sure players clean up their acts in other ways. The league has told Blue Jays pitcher Justin Miller, above, that he'll have to cover the tattoos that adorn his arms with long sleeves so as not to distract other players. In the past, similar concerns have led to skirmishes and new rules of sartorial conduct...
...don’t like to take a class without at least four of my teammates in it. That way, even if it is extremely boring, we can entertain each other. And by “entertain each other”, I guess I mean I annoy them, distract them and make them laugh...