Word: distraction
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...mixture of the picturesque and the pornographic. Driving through alpine valleys, we passed clusters of wooden houses decorated with paintings of flowers, the inevitable dragons and, on either side of the door, huge penises. The phalluses, Tempa, our guide, explained, are meant to startle: families paint them to distract any evil spirits thinking of entering. We reached Thimphu in the late afternoon. Home to just 40,000 people, the capital scarcely qualifies as a city. Brightly painted facades and narrow lanes stretching up to the wooded slopes of giant mountains reinforce the feeling of a medieval mountain village. King Wangchuck...
...break the roof, set fire to the place as a parting gift.” Particularly not in the same song (“Summer Days”). But Dylan isn’t all bluster and arson: “I need something strong to distract my mind / I’m going to look at you ‘til my eyes go blind,” is one of the more beautiful lyrics anyone has written for a while, and his admission that “Your days are numbered / So are mine,” makes...
...last thing Gusmorino wants, according to many council members, is to have a contentious political issue distract the group from the fulfillment of his campaign platform of “improving student life, standing up for students, saving students money and enhancing the academic experience...
This overzealous connotation is troubling, particularly as a writer, when 800 written words are my only means of expression. I don’t get a picture and 20 minutes to explain my full views. I fear that connotations will either distract from my opinions, or detract by adding unintended meaning to my words, as has already happened. The latter fear is much more threatening, because the reader assumes a leftist feminist political agenda that doesn’t really exist...
...another break from Schwerdt, sophomore fullback Lauren Cozzolino managed to distract her just enough to force an uninspired shot high into Gunthers hands. Gunther had heavy praise for her defense, elevating it above the Crimson defense of two years ago that gave up just three goals in all of Ivy play...