Word: diversionism
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Most of Mendes-France's important actions during his Premiership were undertaken to meet grave foreign policy crises facing France during 1954. Indochina, German rearmament, and North Africa all demanded prompt decision; probably no French political leader but Mendes-France would have approached them with such determination. His real concern...
As President Pusey has observed, "Television is, for good or evil, going to make more impact on human minds than any earlier means of communication. The question, therefore, is whether it will be used to good advantage or whether it is going to be just another way to feed in...
Because European art is in the doldrums, Americans are turning increasingly to the art of the East, for both diversion and inspiration. In the past three months, Manhattan has seen no less than 16 exhibitions of Oriental art. Last week Manhattan gallerygoers crowded two shows that uniquely bridged East and...
High over the blue reaches of Washington's Elk Lake, the cool snow fields of 7,954-ft. Mount Olympus loomed white and tempting. After a couple of days of working the lake, a group of fishermen decided that a little mountaineering might be a fine diversion. British-born...
Most televiewers saw not an embattled hero but an impetuous and indiscriminate attacker, who vented his fury on friends and bystanders no less than on his vaguely defined enemies. Having smeared, he impugned smear to others; having sidetracked, he bewailed diversion; having deceived, he charged deception. If he had once...