Word: distracting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that of men submitting low admission records. Crucial point that it is, this problem deserves all possible attention; all other explanations of the phenomenon of unsatisfactory college work lead inevitably to the advisability of admitting men with dubious records. No scurrying about after secondary effects should be allowed to distract the attention of those committed to seeing that the right men are allowed the opportunity to try for a Harvard education...
...Should an objector make trouble, the next move is 'smitzing the bogey to hinten' and 'noising the edge,' two procedures calculated to discomfit the objector and distract attention from...
...Letting of contracts for the proposed $50,000,000 naval docks at Singapore, famed British Naval Base, was postponed, last week, by His Majesty's Government, without explanation. Cynics denounced the postponement as a hypocritical gesture designed to distract attention from Britain's extreme "preparedness," at a time when the Empire is about to sign the U.S. Treaty renouncing...
...quarrel over a girl waged between Rafli, King of the Beggars, and the Caliph of Bagdad. But through it all runs the strange, sweeping play of Hassan, the Confectioner. In a rare illusive manner Flecker has told the fable of this unhappy man, himself in love. Gorgeous colors distract the eye, enchanting verse lays its spell upon the ear; it is a spectacle, but a strange rich legend that rises to something more than mere pageantry...
African and World Wars, a conscientious officer several times cited in despatches. The great honor done him, last week, may perhaps in some small measure distract his grief at the death of his son, Viscount Trematon, recently killed in a motor accident (TIME, April...