Word: sidetracks
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...flute. While at Harvard, Liang gained composing experience by writing the music to a Hasty Pudding production. Additionally, while performing with the Krokodiloes during their 1997 China tour, Liang was first introduced to Shanghainese jazz. This initial interest in the music stayed with him, even during a three-year sidetrack working as a consultant...
...Prime Minister Brian Cowen's Fianna Fail Party its just deserts. Cowen's critics say that Fianna Fail squandered Ireland's wealth during the boom years and mishandled the country's economic recovery efforts. But it could also leave the E.U. reeling - officials fear a no vote could permanently sidetrack efforts to overhaul the aging institution...
...attention paid to Roxana Saberi has elevated her value that much more. Ahmadinejad may yet play the good cop and spring Saberi, and his intervention may be a real sign that he is ready to talk to Obama, but if the arrest of one Miss North Dakota can sidetrack international diplomacy, then dealing with Tehran is not going to be cheap or easy...
...discomfort can ever be avoided when dealing with tensions of privileges, exclusion, and religion; these issues are controversial because of their public nature—in how they infringe on the privileges of some in order to benefit others—and the administration’s attempt to sidetrack controversy only created more...
...ideas.” Riley’s approach of sitting back and absorbing students’ ideas could, at times, allow disorder to grow at meetings. Baxter says that “we would debate minutia.” But overall, Baxter believes that the occasional sidetrack is a small price to pay for the open atmosphere harbored at these discussions. Back at the UC meeting, the anarchy in the room increases. UC representatives have begun hunting and gathering support from neighboring groups. “Sit down!” Riley exclaims from the dais...