Word: diversionism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The commuter train to Groton offers the same barren, monotonous trip every evening. But a couple of times each week, an argument in one of the cars provides diversion for those sitting nearby. One of the debaters is a critic of the University, carping about the Corporation's stand on...
Rogers added that low salaries often force scholars into extra jobs, which consequently result in overwork and a diversion from the main field of scholarly interest.
Attorney General Brownell had ignored the rumors and judicial ad libs, but Fritchey's double diversion provoked a blast of devastating statements from his department:
As has been the case in recent months, the Advocate Notes seem as carefully composed as anything in the magazine. Providing diversion among the ubiquitous advertisements are lines like "David Chandler, an Eliot House senior, is familiar to many of our readers. Last summer, he published a joke in the...
Tactical Diversion. In Cleveland, Henry L. Leffingwell, director of the city's animal protective league, got a telephone call from a woman who asked if she could borrow a dog, explaining: "I've got fleas. I thought one of your dogs could roam around the house a couple...