Word: diverts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protect migrating caribou, representatives of the Eskimos asked years ago that Hydro-Quebec build a barrier to divert the animals from the crossings where last week's drownings occurred. Now, with as many as 25,000 caribou still headed for the crossings, the Quebec government is hastily arranging for a mile-long a fence to be built in the area. Authorities are discussing the use of hired planes to generate a sufficient amount of noise to divert the migrating herd...
...claims that the armed forces automatically divert all foreign donations of medical supplies in professionals suspected of treating or sympathizing with the rebels have been killed...
That's the point, of course. Lagerfeld's look is part puffery, part put-on, calculated-like the luxurious clothes he designs-to divert attention from the serious business of style. "Nothing is serious in life," Lagerfeld, 46, insists...
...passenger of some future shuttle would be an elementary or secondary school teacher. Still, NASA will not rule the skies uncontested; if anything, the competition aloft* is growing more fierce: the European Space Agency is becoming an increasingly aggressive contender for commercial cargo and the Pentagon is planning to divert some of its space payloads to its own expendable rockets. But despite some past stumbling, NASA officials vow to prevail. The proud new ship Discovery has shown them...
Possibly to divert international attention from Bonner's trial and conviction, the Soviets released a videotape about the Sakharovs. Obtained by the West German newspaper Bild Zeitung from a Moscow-based journalist known to be well connected with top Soviet officials, the tape was bought by ABC News and broadcast in the U.S. last week. The video event was not especially convincing. Footage purporting to show that the Sakharovs are healthy, indeed prospering, had apparently been taken months ago. The tape had been spliced in many places, and relatives who are now in the West recognized at least...