Word: divertible
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...History shows that nothing was ever gained cheaply and Russians must pay heavily for a cultural victory. We need culture now, in our work, life and everyday existence. There is only one serious point to divert our attention from this achievement. It is the necessity of defending our country, and consequently we must develop an army. Even now nine-tenths of our army is devoting itself to the work of raising its cultural standard...
Stanley Baldwin, British Chancellor, expressed himself much as has President E. D. Babst of American Sugar Refining, that an artificial depression of sugar prices in America now would simply serve to divert the supply abroad and lead to a real shortage here during the summer...
...Stood on the Harvard Bridge and watched the crews below rowing their hearts out in a steady drizzle. Youthful optimists! Little do they know that they are squandering the best of their strength, -pawns in a game to divert the beefy-minds of plethoric bank-presidents...
...Bureau within a week has announced a comprehensive information service. In addition to newspaper publicity, the Bureau plans to reach the people through banks, Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Trade, labor organizations, and large mercantile institutions. By thus plugging thus plugging the hole in the dyke, the Bureau will divert millions of dollars yearly from the wildcat whirlpool and gradually drive the "Ponzi" specie of wizard from finance...
...attract and hold the attention of the casual reader is no mean task in these days when there is so much to attract the attention and divert the mind, and the advertising man must either consciously or unconsciously be something of a psychologist in order that he may work out just the right appeal to interest the particular group of people to whom his advertising campaign is directed...