Word: distraction
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...type of dialogue Mansfield relishes. For that reason, we should look at how we got into this debate in the first place. Answering Mansfield's charges is necessary, but it's also important to realize how he has manipulated the discussion in this direction. Mansfield cleverly managed to distract attention from the real issue at hand--civil rights--and once again has students arguing over stereotypes that most thinking people have left behind...
...feel bad that people are doing that to him,"Bear said. "But I hope it doesn't distract fromwhat the real issues are here...
Granted, Hatter's ruling complicated things just when Clinton thought he could put the contentious issue behind him. The last thing Clinton needs now that he's finally getting his presidency on track is another messy battle over a "marginal" issue that will distract him and the nation from his crusade for health care reform. On the other hand, if he were to win such a battle, Clinton might finally assert some authority over a renegade Democratic Congress, which has demonstrated little respect for the Democratic president it awaited for so long. Besides, the decision to contest a ruling that...
...acts suffer from the lavish production. The most unnecessary element of the show is singer Francine Poitras, who's been outfitted in a sort of bathrobe, dangly earrings and a headdress that looks like a shiny pineapple. Although a decent singer, her presence serves mostly to distract; warbling onstage as the excellent tightrope artist Sun Hongli braves death above her, Poitras effectively dilutes the drama of the number. Something similar happens during the "elastic ballet," an act resembling the trapeze, in which acrobats dangle from elastic strips and bounce about prettily. Although the spectacle is visually interesting, it's hard...
...Philip Dowds, a Cambridge resident who is active in local politics, said he believes the proposal is an effort to distract the public from seeking reforms in the tax code that would ask the rich to pay more and, thus, raise more revenue...