Independent counsels should not often come in and distract the U.S. government from its essential business.
Unfortunately, Republicans continue to push their tired, false claims to distort and distract the American people.
At worst, they suck investment capital away from more promising projects and distract mind share from where it is most needed.
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Pharmaceutical companies often argue that non-pharmaceutical businesses drag on earnings growth and distract the company from the incredibly lucrative business of developing new drugs.
Part of this feels like an attempt by Google to align itself with freedom and openness and distract from accusations of data theft and spying.
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The best thing in the film is the cannily crafted soundtrack, which is filled with audio clips from television, suggesting pop-culture circuses that not only amuse and distract the people but also corrupt them.
Unlike his counterparts in Syria, who keep fingers in as many pies as possible to spread the risk and distract the taxman, Mr Samha puts all his energy and earnings into a single trade.
Today, once past the most fastidious stewards in the business, spectators are treated to a venue which, though it has changed beyond recognition over the years, has lost none of its ability to charm and distract.
It's a status quo that extends beyond any particular party and right now that status quo is fighting back with everything it's got, with the same old tactics that divide and distract us from solving the problems people face, whether those problems are health care that folks can't afford or a mortgage they cannot pay.
Creating a new department to engage in such an exercise would be expensive and distract us from our current efforts to find, hire, and retain the skilled security people we need as the threat rises, the methodologies of the attackers gain in sophistication, and the targets of their attacks expand to all of our intellectual property.
Last week Walter Hewlett, whose father co-founded the company, expressed concern that the merger would increase HP's exposure to the shrinking PC market and would distract managers from the more important task of navigating through the recession.
And basically to distract, I think, attention from that and to change the subject.
Superseding these and many other recollections of Kennedy the senator is my vivid memory of him as a person uniquely able to distract and comfort others in distress.
And the increasing likelihood of a constitutional standoff between George Bush and his congressional foes could distract further from trade liberalization and pressure the dollar.
And while music helps distract people from the rigors of toning their muscles and improving their heart health, it may be having an adverse effect on another body part: the eardrums.
The widgets work because they are unobtrusive and do not distract other viewers from watching their programmes.
And with that sense comes a fear that the magic is ephemeral and if they distract themselves it will disappear.
Penn keeps up a running commentary designed to distract and bemuse the audience while they both perform the magic tricks.
The goal is to simplify complicated controls that distract and kill the pleasure of driving, as well as to help reestablish Cadillac as a leader in automotive technology.
The problem with massive re-engineering projects such as the one described by Pandit in a highly anticipated investor presentation Friday is that they tend to distract and demoralize employees.
There is a notable risk that the interpretive release will encourage disclosures that are unlikely to improve investor decision making and may actually distract investors from focusing on more important information.
Their explanation for the conflict puts the blame on Mr Afwerki: since he has failed to make life better for most of his people, he needs a war to distract and unify them.
The constant noise and false messages around this issue only serve to distract the public and policymakers from issues that really matter.
For Giuliani, focussing on the differences between him and the Democrats has also served to distract attention from the differences between himself and the Republican base.
Theme park operator Six Flags, comparatively, uses a more basic and common tactic to distract guests.
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Other SWAT members set off a stun blast to distract Brown and stormed the house.
Speaking to The Stage newspaper, John Berry said the events "distract" and did not create new audiences.
Maybe the added benefit of news and photo feeds will distract from our sudden urge to buy Pepsi.
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Others cite the potential for mobile ads to distract drivers and cause accidents.
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Both activities will distract you and lead to a discharge of the adrenaline.
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