This succeeds far better with the wide array of comparative art examples in the catalog than in the exhibition itself, where a smattering of works by Henri Matisse, Henry Moore and others seem more like a distraction from the many exquisite Ice Age examples, which also include spectacular animal carvings and decoratively engraved tools.

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Sports always seems to be one of the first entries back into a world of distraction (like it or not) when the vagaries of the natural (or unnatural) world leave us smacked and wary.

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They might provide a slight distraction and a temporary boost to spending, consumer confidence, investor confidence, and the like, but that is about it.

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He told the New York times that electronic books "smell like burned fuel" and called the internet "a big distraction".

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Are doomsday scenarios like those being spun around the Maya calendar mere entertainment or a dangerous distraction from real-world problems?

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Mr. LEITCH: Well, basically, the idea that like so much of the world of team sports is based on don't be a distraction to the team.

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While some simple animations take place on the screen for things like driving directions, the folks at Dodge affirm that the monitor won't pose a distraction while you're on the road.

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And the distraction of their star turn Eastmond being courted by top union sides like Bath may prove a story which does not go away.

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For Jesuit priests like Serjio Cobo, who heads a Catholic agency that works in Chiapas, the canonisation of Juan Diego is merely a distraction from the real problems the church faces.

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