Word: diversionism
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Getting there was tough enough - through the Star Wars video intros; the apocalyptic tones of Walter Cronkite; the engaging and intelligent diversion of Moderator Howard K. Smith (Smith for President); the veritable ocean of blue carpeting and blue backdrop; the contact lenses, blond coiffure three-piece suits of the interrogators...
The invention of photography, about 1840, was a diversion both sexes delighted in; no gathering was complete without a camera. Few of the photos reprinted here have real artistic merit, but that, oddly enough, is their strength. They show the Victorian aristocracy as it saw itself: serene, assured and confident...
Gradually and purposefully, like J.R. slithering toward a voluptuous Texas belle, Dallas has ascended the international ratings until it rivals The Muppet Show as the world's most popular TV series. In Johannesburg, where Dallas is No. 1 in the ratings, Cabinet ministers refuse speaking engagements on Tuesday nights...
From the dying Gipper at Notre Dame to George Custer in Santa Fe Trail, Reagan floated through our lives as a two-dimensional celluloid diversion. He never seemed to change much even when he became Governor of California. There he was in his white suit, eating jelly beans. Old Dutch...
Like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), A. (for Alfred) E. (for Edward) Housman made scholarship his vocation and writing his pastime. Like those two, he is forgotten for his academic work and celebrated for his diversion. Since its publication in 1896, A Shropshire Lad has never gone out...