Word: diversionism
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For several days, armored units made a great show of preparing a break-through to the south of that sector, until the enemy placed his best armor, the remnants of his loth and 21st Panzers, oppo site the diversion.
Tanks swept through to the plain of Tunis - and eventually to the capital - in force never before shown by the Allies in that theater of war. The Germans were caught flat-footed by masterful diversion and overwhelming concentration.
> That a diversion is often created to draw the fire of Press opposition away from the Administration. Example: OPA's assignment of X-cards to Congressmen in 1942, which turned upon Congress most public resentment over gas rationing.
We're all a little nervous these days. Our chief diversion is reading maps, figuring transportation problems--our own, not the Navy's--and edging up silently to people who have been seen in conversation with a member of the staff and whispering furtively "What did he say' Are you...
The Harvard squad's schedule is considerably limited this spring, but a few innovations will liven up the program. Two cross-country meets, hitherto strictly an autumn diversion, will be on the card. These hill-and-dale affairs are scheduled for March 27 and April 3, both against Boston College...