Word: distracting
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...Wowereit. It was outrageous to feature a Clinton-like character whose sole contribution to Germany has been to paint a feel-good façade over the catastrophic financial woes besetting the economic engine of the European Union. No amount of fashion shows, film shoots and political correctness can distract Berliners from the fact that Germany is facing its most serious crisis since World War II. Wowereit and other Social Democrat party leaders still haven't realized that socialism, in a globalized world, means nothing more than institutionalized mediocrity. Wowereit, like Clinton, makes us feel better, but life must...
...154th annual convention of the International Platform Association, established by Statesman-Orator Daniel Webster to disseminate culture to outlying states and distract them from rebellion, was off and droning. Last week nearly 800 speakers, would-be speakers, booking agents, college program directors and even a few plain old listeners assembled for the I.P.A. gathering at Washington's plush Mayflower Hotel. The 40 or so established rhetoricians spoke mainly for the fun of it, and perhaps to pick up an extra engagement or two. But the stakes were higher for the competing amateurs, who were hoping to break into...
...Harvard takes the field this weekend, it must not let Yale’s last-place standing distract from the reality of the Bulldogs’ overall team strength...
...failing wanders into a backdrop (he has also somehow lost his sense of direction) and, fearing the loss of his job, shoots himself. Apparently neither he nor anyone else in the show has ever heard of eyeglasses. The capable cast, led by an energized Ben Vereen, tries to distract the audience from the story's cheap tricks and absurdities. The frenzy only underscores the falseness...
Some might feel that lyrical depth would distract from music this meticulous; M.I.A. finds the best of both worlds, filling the album with equal shares of nursery-rhyme scat, foreign slang, and an aggressive social conscience to back up her rhetoric of revolution...