Word: diverted
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...clout and "defense of the gains of socialism" are all the Party can brag about. Military might surrounding poverty, with patriotism upholding a ramshackle empire (even if the radars don't work) is a mixture as Russian as black bread. So is astute diplomacy and propaganda to manipulate and divert the enemy in times of weakness...
...because there are too many issues to be considered. He agrees with the others that the United States could make it strong moral statement against apartheid by divesting, but adds "the Blacks are profoundly affected by even subtle changes in the South African economy. And it America were to divert, there could be increased nothing and starvation Right now, there's a recession and a drought, and blacks are already suffering." He adds that Harvard divestiture would have few negative or positive repercussions for South Africa, but that it could have drawbacks for the University because it is an issue...
...current Washington ballyhoo over who took Jimmy Carter's briefing book [July 11] is nothing more than an attempt by Democrats to divert attention from the relevant issues. The Carter-Reagan debate did not determine who won or lost the presidency. The Democrat; are looking for something to damage Reagan's image and hurt his chances for reelection...
...Taiwan, but they were not as harsh as some U.S. diplomats had expected. Pan Am has never used the Burma air route, and the loss of Canton for emergency landings is not as dangerous as it sounds, since planes flying into the area always carry enough excess fuel to divert to another city if Hong Kong airport is closed. Significantly, Peking stopped short of terminating the 1980 Sino-U.S. aviation pact and unilaterally banning Pan Am from the mainland, a move that would have virtually forced retaliation against CAAC flights...
...effort to divert the magma, Italy's minister of civil protection summoned a team of volcanologists. The strategy: to redirect the lava from its southward path into a wide hollow, away from inhabited areas. The specialists hoped that spreading the lava would speed its cooling, and thus slow the momentum of the flow. The diversion required the removal of a 25-ft. section in a 328-ft.-long natural wall of old lava, and was to be accomplished by precision blasting...