Fans, like Mr. Bush, probably wish that Mr. Meltzer would stop moonlighting on "Decoded" and forget this new children's-book diversion so he can devote more time to his day job.

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However, this will be achieved by taking a diversion which will add up to 50 minutes to the journey time.

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It's also about preserving a sense of home sweet home--or at least creating a healthy diversion, preferably something that doesn't involve yet more time in front of the computer screen.

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These days, Lenstrom's quest for an airport diversion to make the best of delays is far from unique as on-time performance continues to be dismal.

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Though that seemed counter-intuitive at the time, Google focused on letting people use its search tool without the diversion of ads, and for free.

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The government plans to have diversion services - to assess and treat children and adults who have committed a crime before they spend time in custody - by 2014.

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But while A Rod the human can while away his down time by flirting with pretty women in the stands, his equine counterpart has no such diversion to take his mind off his failure on the field of play.

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Investigators questioned a woman who complained of difficulty breathing at the time the wires were discovered but ruled out the possibility that she lodged the complaint to provide a diversion, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne.

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