Word: distractive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Council want to continue the threat for another year; the Labor Department wants to pull out now. Anti-U.S. rhetoric at I.L.O. annual meetings does not, in the view of even its harshest critics, undo what the I.L.O. has accomplished over the years. But it does divert and distract the organization from its basic business of helping the world's workers...
...social soul, seem to prove, for example, that the nation cherishes professional teachers far less than professional athletes. Or, more broadly, that society generally values members who do its most serious work not nearly as much as the actors, clowns and jocks whose task is merely to distract and amuse. But this handy method of social soul searching is not reliable. Far more directly, income differences reflect the operations of the marketplace...
...federal rules are likely to change as often as every six months, making it virtually impossible to plan for long-term capital investments. Roadblock No. 4: Congressional threats to break up the oil companies. Though Bower predicted that pending divestiture bills will fail, he cautioned that such attacks distract the oil companies from the essential task of developing greater resources...
THOREAU PREACHED simplification and the advice was well-heeded by the set designers. The props and furniture are sparse and do not distract the viewer from the characters. The blocking is exceptionally good and the costumes are unpretentious...
...already melting. We had a drink, and slid in the slush, and threw a few snowballs. But our night would soon be morning, so we headed for home. The next day, I set back to work on papers and readings I had left undone, with one more daydream to distract...