Word: distractive
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...order to end the sensationalism that has occurred as a result of a misunderstanding (all of which has served to distract attention away from the real issue at hand), we, the Executive Board of the Harvard-Radcliffe Black Students Association, feel that it is our duty to clarify the response of our president and our organization to The Bell Curve...
...think Kristen makes an excellent point in bringing up the effects of something like this," Gutierrez said. "When you look at social pathologies of urban areas these days, you have no support institutionally and you have so many vices to distract you from intellectual achievements...
That silence was unusual for someone who, friends say, loves to to talk. But little about William Devil Cole is as it seems. Like the Fishhead Coup, Cole's life seems to rest on an assumption--that the good cards one shows will distract others from the less flattering truths one holds closer to the heart...
...even the judge cannot resist being drawn into the spotlight. The Times reported that Judge Lance Ito has been trying out some of his new improv stuff on all the new publicity he's been getting. In his latest bon mot to potential jurors, the judge suggested that they "distract themselves from O.J. news by watching "The Simpsons'--the TV show, I mean." He probably shouldn't quit his day job. He should also realize that there are two TV shows by that name, and that he stars in one of them...
...Shapiro said his son committed himself to going to a college such as Harvard, even when events and his health repeatedly threatened to distract him. Even visited the campus...