Word: distraction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sheerr is deliberate and unswerving--according to Rudenstine, "rock-like"--once her mind is made up. With an office in Fay House and no other job to distract her from her volunteer position, she has an unusual level of oversight into the day-to-day operations of Radcliffe...
...Serbia's plan echoes its World War II tactics. The Germans sent 700,000 troops into Serbia but were unable to root Serbian partisans out despite four years of fierce fighting. "The Serbs are using their air-defense system as a quasi guerrilla force to capture the attention and distract the focus of NATO air power," Spinney says. "They are not trying to attrit NATO's air force as much as to neutralize its effects...
...high-flying simulation gets, my feet will always be firmly planted on the ground. Before my virtual flight, psychologist Samantha Smith went over a few relaxation techniques: keep breathing, remember that the chance of dying in a plane crash is 1 in 10 million and use special tricks to distract myself from my mind's own in-flight horror movies. So far, so good. In fact, when I glanced over at the dorky plastic seat and headset I was about to don, I could barely suppress a snicker. No way was this setup going to scare me, I thought...
...these contradictions have kept Washington and its allies guessing. Few believe Milosevic's attachment to Kosovo is more than skin deep. Some Serbs say he stirred up the crisis to distract attention from the foundering economy. Yet in considering whether to placate the West or defy it, he is operating according to his own calculus of the risk to himself and his regime. The issue comes down to his feeling about the place where the myth of his own power was built. "He doesn't know," says a top U.S. official in Belgrade, "whether caving in makes him lose face...
...TOURISTY SITE, SHOPPING, PEOPLE WATCHING: Worth Avenue's people-watching and window-shopping distract from a nasty hangover. Palm Beach's commercial center of Worth Avenue is lined with shops selling everything from six-figure evening gowns to golf carts equipped with champagne chillers. Don't be offended by the icy reception you receive from the salespeople. It's not you--they treat everyone this...