He told the programme that the British establishment was "toying with the idea of trying to distract everyone with these bread and circuses" from the economic downturn.
It may sound contrived, but you can distract people with fun much easier than with fear.
When Ms. Brickman tried to distract him with questions and a gentle touch, his anxiety turned to self-loathing.
That includes the few dozen or so behind the basket trying to distract him with wildly waving arms.
Distract yourself with mindless diversions like watching sports for hours on end.
Now Dell is determined to signal that it, too, can distract consumers with shiny objects, introducing its new machines on the runway of a New York City department store.
Those courageous brands are the ones who should continue spending the large sum of money on the Super Bowl, while assisting viewers to distract themselves with their handheld second screens.
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Does Facebook distract people from presence with real people?
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Montgomery is clearly relishing his return to the international fold, but it will not distract him from fixed targets with the Newport Gwent Dragons.
Even if Walmart keeps its upper ranks intact, dealing with the fallout will distract them, possibly for years.
Taking evasive action, the British government hopes to distract the visiting heads of government with a video about Britain and a speech by the queen.
With little else to distract market watchers, their attention is directly on the debate in Washington over how to reduce the deficit, using a package of negotiated spending cuts and tax hikes.
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With no operations to distract them, the Brumleys and their dozen employees worked six days a week for four months, studying Cedar Creek's production documents, conducting forecasts and mapping decline curves for all 450 wells.
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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If a beer is too crazy with hops, it can distract from the milder flavors of the meal, so consider saving that Imperial IPA for another occasion.
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And electronics makers are going to great lengths with smoke and mirrors to hopefully distract audiences from noticing the unknowns -- like how a product actually works when not under carefully controlled conditions.
After his conversation with the Governor, a lot happened to distract Steve from his new cause.
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The trouble with survivorship bias and demagoguery is that they distract us from the essentials of our discussion.
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.
Interestingly, though, the healthier your relationship with money, the less likely it is that money will distract you from the things you value most.
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Rittenhouse likens the situation to traveling with a human companion who gives navigational help while managing not to distract the driver.
And with that sense comes a fear that the magic is ephemeral and if they distract themselves it will disappear.
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.
The federal government has also served to distract our IT security teams as numerous bills have required an onerous documentation and reporting regime to comply with Sarbanes Oxley and HIPAA, while failing to pass legislation that addresses the morass of state breach disclosure laws we have to comply with.
And not competing head to head with Engadget was very important to us as well -- we didn't want to distract from the good work our old team was doing to grow and mature the very brand we'd bled for and built our careers on.
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