Word: diversionism
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King George created a diversion by inviting his harassed Premier to spend the week-end at Balmoral Castle.
The Unholy Three. It was President Wilson who used to read detective stories to ease his mind. He would have liked The Unholy Three. It is a crook tale about a ventriloquist, a midget, a strong man, a sap and a girl. The very complicated plot, the murder, the trial...
Lawyer Darrow then began his long argument for the defense, basing it on the diversion of the caption of the act from the act itself and on the ambiguity of the indictment. "I am going to argue it [the case] as if it was serious. . . . The Book of Genesis, written...
3) Federal activities will be largely confined to the major sources of bootleg liquor- ignooring minor Violations, to stop the sources of supply; "importation, diversion of legitimately manufactured alcohol, illigitimate manufacture and transportation of alcohol and alcoholic beverages ... the bootleg industry. . . .
For a light and laughable diversion, any of the following is prescribed: Grand Street Follies, Ziegfeld Follies, Lady, Be Good; Rose-Marie, The Student Prince, Louie the 14th.