Word: distraction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Force Kiki Vandeweghe to wear a pair of Groucho Marx glasses: One of two things will happen. Either Vandeweghe will think he's been transmogrified into Kurt Rambis and start to grab rebounds like he hasn't done in decades. Or the disguise will distract the Celtics...
...Allow the Crimson to have a satisfying game against Princeton to end their home schedule," the angel said. "Let the crowd be large, almost 3000 people. Have them even sit behind the baskets and try to distract the opposing foul shooters, as they have not done throughout the season...
...1980s became the decade of the deal. In 1986 alone, 3,973 takeovers, mergers and buyouts were completed in the U.S., at a record total cost of $236 billion. While some takeovers shook up overly complacent managers and led to useful restructuring, much of the raiding served only to distract corporate America from its real work of improving products and services. In the view of Wall Street's critics, hundreds of deals were done for the sake of the fees and stock payoffs they would generate. This was not the way Wall Street traditionally operated, but in that hotly competitive...
Sadly, however, the production's cosmetic failings distract one's attention for much of the first act. The two story set in the Mather House TV room is impressive, but much more reminiscent of a college dormitory than a postwar Brooklyn home. Which is fine, because Blumenthal's Jack, who claims to be 55 years old, doesn't look a day over 25. He fits right...
...Gorbachev has not been able to stage many gains in the economic sphere, and in some ways a reversal of living conditions has taken place," Bergson said. "He apparently hopes his bold political move will distract his opponents from the serious economic difficulties the country is facing...