Word: diversionism
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Despite the diversion caused by the skyjacking, Israelis still smarted over the U.N. censure. Said Prime Minister Golda Meir: "We have nothing to be ashamed of. Let those who censure us be ashamed-I am sure in their hearts they know we are right."
The key to the problem is Hughes' passive protagonist. Augustine has intelligence, a keen eye and challenging ideas about the immorality of power. Yet as he seeks any diversion but work, as he shies away from marrying, or as he takes an interest in Welsh miners while avoiding involvement...
Lemmer said that VVAW trained fire-teams to simultaneously bomb 150 Miami area police stations in order to divert police attention from the GOP convention in Miami Beach. Other "diversion tactics" included shooting down power lines around the city.
Since Congress established the Federal Highway Trust Fund in 1956, the Government has spent $40.1 billion to build the 34,000-mile network of interstate highways. Because the highway fund, now $5.5 billion, keeps accumulating new money from federal taxes on gas and tire sales, it can theoretically finance new...
He is not seeking absolution for himself or Nixon of the Administration's troubles, nor is he seeking diversion. That time is past. He knows that doubts and distrust now plague him. He has had his moments of arrogance and made mistakes, but his work has transcended those things...