Word: diverting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Earlier, Albert Hakim, who helped divert millions of dollars in U.S. Government profits from Iranian arms sales into secret Swiss accounts and siphoned some to the contras, was permitted to cop a plea. He admitted being guilty of a mere misdemeanor: helping to buy a security fence for Oliver North's suburban Washington home. In return, felony charges against him were dropped...
...into effect, the parking office would divert traffic by opening the gate behind Widener Library for major vehicle deliveries between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. during the work week. Johnston Gate would remain open from 7 to 10 a.m., during which time service vehicles and those too large for the Widener Gate could enter through Johnston...
Last week Mittag declared, "Nothing and no one will divert us from the course of doing everything for the well-being and happiness of the people." If East Germans are paying any attention, steadfast pledges like that can only increase the flow of emigres to the West...
Until that Walpurgisnacht, nothing could divert him from the goal of a new world order. In 1931 Hitler adopted a vegetarian diet, but it did not improve his disposition. Convinced -- falsely -- that he was suffering from a precancerous condition, he had a series of tantrums. "I cannot lose even a year," he cried. "I must come to power quickly in order to solve the gigantic problems in the little time remaining to me. I must! I must...
...flare-up of factional feuding was of particular concern to Pakistan and the U.S., which have long feared that internal disputes might divert the rebels from fighting the Najibullah government. Washington urged the mujahedin to forgo further infighting in favor of the "vital work of improving unity and coordination" at a time when the Kabul regime is increasingly assertive on the military and political fronts -- and the guerrillas' drive has faltered. Whatever the fallout, the prospect for future unity is bleak. U.S. analysts fear that once Najibullah is ousted, mujahedin factions will turn on one another in the effort...