Word: diversionism
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Why did Patty make the tape? The most pessimistic view was bluntly voiced by Vincent Hallinan, a 77-year-old San Francisco lawyer for the Hearsts, who said that he feared the kidnapers had forced the girl to deliver the statement, then killed her and fled, releasing the tape as...
Hirshman, an expert on Latin American development, yesterday described the offer to join the study center as "an exceptional opportunity for doing research and concentrating on my scholarly activities with less pressure and no diversion."
Almost universally, Perk's idea was condemned as a copout. "A ridiculous diversion," scoffed the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which has been uncovering much of the chicanery. Republican Perk's political opponents said that he was merely grandstanding to raise support for his announced candidacy for the U.S. Senate...
The job winner was Paul Jacobson, 23, a Chicago news photographer, who at first passed his time taking pictures from his perch, keeping a diary and watching TV. After three months and several news stories about his isolated existence, he found another diversion:
The old crack about Shakespeare criticism goes "if we wish to see the force of human genius, we should study Shakespeare; if we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators" and the Riverside essays do little to change this state of affairs. Anne Barton...