Word: diverts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Continued unsupported speculation on a possible natural explanation of the origin of causalities and deaths from the prohibited use of chemical weapons only serves to divert serious attention from the real issues on chemical warfare," State Department spokesman Alan Romberg told reporters last week...
...This success is a matter of moment simply because, as Jones says, "it has never happened to a black performer." Before anyone declares a three-day holiday on behalf of brotherhood, it ought to be pointed out that, inevitably, the qualities that make Jackson's music so accessible also divert it from expectations of what popular black music ought to be. Those expectations, however, do not invariably come from the same source as the music. Rock critics (who are mostly white) liked Thriller well enough and wrote respectfully of it when it was released in December 1982, but they were...
McGovern seemed relaxed, though somewhat weary, as he reiterated one of his platform's major themes--that the only way to end hunger and malnutrition in the country is to divert money from the defense budget...
...officials are far from convinced that fair and proper procedures will be followed. Because of the vague operating rules and the curious timing of the election-two days before the U.S. presidential election-officials speculate that the Sandinistas want to divert attention from their own activities. For the Sandinistas the problem is clear-cut: how to create a free and open election, and make sure they...
...were repeatedly tortured and mutilated by local vigilantes in subsequent years. The worst outburst prior to Khomeini's takeover occurred in 1955-56 under the late Shah. Former agents of SAVAK, the Shah's secret police, say that government agents provoked anti-Baha'i hysteria to divert reactionary Muslims from turning their fury against the Shah. Recalls a former SAVAK officer: "A lot of Muslim clergy, including many with high positions in the Khomeini regime, grew rich on SAVAK money, which they took to fight Bahaism and Communism." In the 1978 turmoil that preceded the Shah...