Word: diversionism
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In his new movie, Bulworth, Warren Beatty implies that the obsession with presidential sex is just a diversion from the much more significant issues of money, race and class. Most people seem to agree. Beatty once admitted, sure, he'd have liked to have been President, but then he would...
Another diversion: The religious ruckus brewing over whether the President, as a Baptist, should have taken communion back in Africa. New York?s Cardinal John O?Connor said it was wrong, ?however well-intentioned,? for a priest to give Clinton the sacrament. Any Christian can take part, replied the White...
Kramerbooks & Afterwords, a Washington bookstore, is going to court to fight a subpoena issued by Starr for records of books Lewinsky purchased there -- which, the Washington Post says, include Nicholson Baker?s steamy classic, ?Vox.? Starr is well within his rights, but the first whiff of a First Amendment battle...
Professor of Education Richard F. Elmore and Elliot Mincberg, vice president of the People for the American Way Foundation, however, both labeled vouchers a diversion from real problems that demand immediate attention in the inner cities of America.
The catalog is not only a diversion--it's a campus survival guide. Students say J. Crew is a good source of clothing essentials--from "scoopneck tees" and "broken-in chinos."