That's the minimum standard for getting our attention on a busy news cycle.

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Finally, it pledged greater attention to the needs of pedestrians and more cycle lanes.

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As the political debate gets louder and nastier, it sucks all the air out of the news cycle, leaving other issues crying for attention.

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And I know, having covered more campaigns than I can remember, that in every cycle there's an attempt to kind of distract attention from what the real issues are and what the real debate is.

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So far media attention and public reaction have naturally been driven by the vagaries of the news cycle and by a few predictable preoccupations.

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That has helped to break the cycle of political violence which dogged the region, produced a healthy alternation of power, and directed attention to deep-rooted social problems.

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Players and league observers said that while Tortorella clearly doesn't care for the rote give-and-take that is part and parcel of the 24-hour news cycle, some of his truculence is born of a calculated strategy to shield his players from media attention and limit the potential distractions that might damage his team.

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