Word: sidetracked
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...while, moderate leaders dozed complacently. When the time came, they felt certain, they could easily sidetrack the Goldwater movement and, as they had so often in the past, nominate one of their own for President. As the 1964 campaign began, only Nelson Rockefeller, his appeal tarnished by his divorce and remarriage, was actively fighting...
...keep out Red China, the regime that stands formally condemned by the U.N. as an aggressor. Once again, the Communist nations and some neutrals are urging Peking's admission-though the sincerity of their efforts is in some doubt. Where once the U.S. could muster enough votes to sidetrack the matter from year to year, this time the U.N.'s new members, as well as the U.S.'s own allies, insisted on the debate-and indeed the U.S. position was strong enough to bear discussion. The expected conclusion: despite all the talk. Red China will be kept...
...there was less agreement on how the threat should be countered. Adenauer wants the West to give a flat "No" to Khrushchev. He would sidetrack other questions on Germany until the Allies can negotiate out of the shadow of the Berlin ultimatum...
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.--The United States succeeded Tuesday in again getting the United Nations to sidetrack the question of Red China's membership. But the margin of victory was the lowest on record...
When Russia shot the first Sputnik into space, Defense Secretary Charlie Wilson, just retired, called it a "nice technical trick." Said Charlie Wilson last week when he heard the news about the Army's Explorer (which he had helped sidetrack while in office): "It is a good technical trick, and I am happy that it is a success...