Word: diversionism
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"I was studying chem--Chem 10. I have an exam Monday," said Khoa P. Le '97. "I needed a break." Looking for some serious diversion, Le had hung mistletoe from the brim of his baseball cap. It is unclear whether the mistletoe helped him with his chemistry.
These are, of course, the efficient, familiar ligatures of thriller plotting. They can be comforting when you're page-turning your paperback in economy class and all you're looking for is a gentle diversion. Movies, though, require something more than connective tissue, however handsomely rendered. They are a dramatic...
Thank God Peninsula has exposed this "NAMBLA." I guess all that Mexican trade talk was a clever diversion. Those senators are gross.
Michael J. Middleton 87, assistant dean of first-year students, says raising his pooch Chelsea in his apartment in the basement of Hurlbut Hall has provided him companionship and a diversion from work.
In a country where rumors and braggadocio provide the only diversion from the steady spray of bullets, the truth of such talk is hard to gauge. So, too, are the claims of a cast of shadowy players, some of them veterans of previous U.S. capers in the region, who are...