Word: diverting
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...most of all, I wince when I hear the politicians and pseudo-educators--Cellucci, Finneran and Silber chief among them--decry the test takers, the professors and the veteran teachers in a sad attempt to divert blame from a history of too-low education budgets and little attention to the decline of the public schools onto an easy target. Yes, I'm sad to find out that teachers are easy targets. Everyone's been to school, and many of us might not have liked some of the teachers we met there. On the other hand, none of us would...
...Somerville residents are taking a cue fromtheir neighbors, trying to divert their city fromgoing the way of Cambridge...
...Bronx, San Diego and Washington, whose mission is to help save species from extinction by breeding and studying them in captivity and, when possible, returning their descendants to the wild. Critics argue that the new zoos are merely high-tech amusement parks masquerading as research centers and that they divert funds from legitimate habitat-conservation programs. To be fair, several species have been saved through the efforts of these zoos. But as the deaths at Animal Kingdom show, it can be tricky to mix ecology and entertainment. "What we're experiencing," says Disney spokesman Bill Warren, "is what you really...
...what Yalehas done," said Allston Burr Senior Tutor ofKirkland House and music seminar instructor Dr.Mark Risinger. That is, the college chose not toestablish a school of music. With Juilliard,Curtis, Peabody and the New England Conservatoryin relatively close proximity, Risinger explained,there was no need for Harvard to divert itsfaculty and finances from academics. "We don'thave the same sort of obligation to maximizeperformance opportunity that a conservatory wouldhave." "My primary concern in talking withprospective students," Risinger added, "is to makesure they have an accurate impression of whatHarvard is like for performing musicians." Such adistinction is crucial for the student...
After an abortive search for a scholar to fill that chair, Harvard successfully encouraged the endowing family to divert the money to a Medical School project for the time being...