Word: distraction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crime is a tribute to the well-written script. As if animal mutilation wasn't enough, the play insists on bringing in anti-religiousness, bestiality and profanity--as if to ensure that every member of the audience is offended at some point. Remarkably enough, these themes illuminate rather than distract from the core of the story...
...beauty in simplicity, and Smith's photographs are proof of this. Large open spaces unfold in front of our eyes. A figure stands before us, often looking straight at us with penetrating eyes, sometimes contemplatively looking off into the distance. The whole composition is balanced with nothing to distract the viewer...
...they are seldom questioned by my peers. If Mattel's president Jill Barad is truly concerned about American girls' future, she should approach female computer illiteracy in a manner that does not enforce the stereotypes we are supposedly trying to banish. Mattel's Barbie Fashion Designer program will only distract girls from the healthy activities that steer them away from oppression. CLAIRE CREVEY, age 17 Indianapolis, Indiana...
...second Clinton term begins with an ominous shadow hanging over it. Unburdened by electoral politics, Starr is free to conclude his investigation. Perhaps the Clintons will be exonerated. Surely no one but their most partisan opponents hopes for charges, or for any ensuing ordeal that would distract Congress and the White House from the business of governance. But history suggests that if a re-elected President gets into deep legal trouble, his mandate at the polls will not shield him from justice...
However, the members of the media--at least the ones who came through my door--were not. A favorite tactic of the crews was to have the enormous cameraman block me with his equipment, or try to distract me in some way, while the others ran past. They grew more creative as the week ran on, while the crowds swelled. At around 9 p.m. on Thursday night, the Chicago Fire Marshal decided that there were too many people on the floor. However, this was an arena, there were no real doors, only portals, so the marshal decided to have...