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Critics worry that money spent on these programs will divert resources from other worthy antipoverty efforts such as child welfare and refugee resettlement or that marriage educators could unwittingly pressure women to stay in abusive relationships. The National Organization for Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund, recently renamed Legal Momentum, charged that the course Sims and Bryant attended specifically emphasized job services for men but mentioned nothing about finding work for mothers. "We were shocked that one of the programs being funded would reinforce existing stereotypes about men and women, advocating a passive role for women," says Jennifer Brown...
...respond to the opposition—and despite specific promises from the candidate—for much of the spring and summer, John Kerry failed to rebut the Republican attacks that everyone knew were coming. Rather than decide—following Iowa and New Hampshire victories—to divert twenty percent of his campaign to general election research and planning, Kerry continued to focus exclusively on beating primary challengers he had already defeated. And when the inevitable March deluge of Bush-Cheney liberal/flip-flopper/weak-on-security ads swamped the airwaves, Kerry and company were caught unprepared—and are still forced...
With fledgling quarterback Joseph DiGiacomo at its helm, the Bears’ offense relies heavily upon Hartigan, not just to log more than two dozen carries a contest or accumulate 100 yards, but to divert attention from and create opportunities for its unproven air attack...
Guthrie speculates that the defense was trying to divert attention away from Pring-Wilson’s hyphenated name and preppy nickname...
KERRY I think they are trying to do everything possible to divert attention from the real issues in front of the country, and their entire strategy for six months has been distorting my record and attacking me because they don't have a record...