Word: distracting
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...been measured by a unique standard, and now, pushing 70, he’s become the paradigm for the stately elder rock star. The song goes on, confirming the unalienable right to get excited about a new Bob Dylan album. The accordions that come in don’t distract, even if they don’t add very much, and altogether it’s sounding like another victory. But that’s as good as it gets. “Together Through Life” is not a disaster. Dylan’s true disasters, like political...
...wedding party, some guests speculated that the grim news might be a ploy by the government, "maybe a big devaluation [is on the way] and they want to distract us," said a hotel owner in Acapulco. An accountant at the event said, "Who can believe these people? They always lie." At the same time, however, everyone was glued to the latest. Another guest read out from his Blackberry, driving everybody crazy with minute by minute bulletins. "Maybe this time is true," he said. "the U.S. Embassy is closing until, at the moment, Wednesday, and they do not do that." Then...
...president Andrea R. Flores ’10 said that undertaking a campaign of hundreds of thousands of dollars could significantly distract from the UC’s other responsibilities, including grant-giving and advocacy...
...stationed just two T stops away from Harvard Square was recently named one of the Best New Chefs of 2009 by Food and Wine magazine—netting an award that he said will bring some “new light” to his restaurant, but will not distract him from his present work...
...fact that land is regularly seized illegally by non-Tatars. "Our argument is not with ordinary people, but with the powers that be," says Khalilov, his voice filled with a mixture of anger and frustration. "The city is in a terrible state, so they think up other problems to distract people. They use the Tatars as an enemy." Indeed, the old myth of the Tatars' "betrayal" during World War II is still widely believed...