Word: distraction
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...moved from pure abstraction to representation. The exhibit is notable for featuring Léger’s early, very rare, and more purely Cubist work produced between 1912 and 1914. Filling just two rooms, the tightly focused collection doesn’t overwhelm the viewer or distract from the works themselves. One room holds the early and raw “Contrasts of Forms” series—most recently displayed at the University of Virginia—while the other contains a selection of Léger’s later and more characteristic work from Harvard?...
...their candidate hasn't changed, just his prospects. "The key difference is, hopefully, this is a winning campaign," says his chief strategist John Weaver. Trying to rekindle the old magic, they rearranged his schedule to put him back on the Straight Talk Express bus this month. But that could distract him from another goal in this critical period: building up his campaign coffers so that he has the financial muscle of a front-runner when the tallies are released for the first reporting period, which ends March...
Others have banned computers from their classrooms completely, arguing that they distract students and damage the classroom dynamic...
...facialist, for overexfoliating his delicate dermis B) The risqu cheerleaders for his rugby team, because, he said, they distract from the game C) His personal trainer, for yelling "Who's the Gladiator?!" after each set of chin-ups D) His buddy Ron Howard, who keeps begging him to bring chips and guacamole to poker night at Tom Hanks' house...
...Kennedy ’40.The costumes, exquisitely designed by Elisa M. Oliveri ’08, squarely place the opera in the sixties; the Countess’ Jackie O hairstyle is essential in helping the audience identify the Camelot couple. The convertible set is attractive, but does not distract from the plot. However, the set changes before the second act took a bit of time on opening night, breaking up the pace of the narrative.Under the direction of Sullivan, the orchestra played in tune and matched the vim and vigor of the cast in the second half successfully. The music...