Teachers unions have fought what they regard
as a diversion of resources from public education — while conveniently undermining a source of professional competition and accountability.
He often uses these outward, physical battles
as a diversion tactic so that when the real battle comes, we are unaware and unprepared.
BUT: Increased research is widely regarded in the scientific
community as a diversion from the serious steps needed to reduce CO2.
If you feel sluggish at work and lack inspiration, volunteering can
act as the diversion necessary to spark your creativity and help you get back on track.
Solidus Snake, the only one of the Enfants Terribles who stars in just a single title — barring his bottled remains that were
used as a diversion in
They include: high levels of degraded soils; reductions in irrigation quotas to restore the health of the Murray - Darling system; the re-forestation of some agricultural land to meet emissions reductions targets; the impacts of peak oil,
such as the diversion of food crops into feed - stock for biofuels; and the price and crop yield implications of peak phosphorous, given Australia's dependence on imported fertilisers.
North Vietnamese troops attacked the remote outpost to serve
as a diversion in the leadup to the Tet Offensive.
In nearby Pripyat, an amusement park had planned to open its gates on May 1, and, chillingly, the park reportedly opened
as a diversion for a few hours on April 27.
This division is also responsible for providing alternative intake solutions for owned and stray pets, such
as the Diversion Program.
The attack on the U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya, was orchestrated by extremists who used the
protests as a diversion, U.S. sources told CNN Wednesday.
The discerning visitor to Cancun would certainly do well to visit Playa Delfines, even if it's
just as a diversion from the more vibrant beaches with all they have to offer in terms of socializing and partying.
Some additional categorizations of children's play that have been proposed include diversive play, composed of aimless activities that serve
as a diversion when a child is bored; mimetic play, which is repetitious, structured, and symbolic; and cathartic play, which is therapeutic in nature.
They see the efforts of big business to get Congress to reform the tax code and cut corporate income - tax
rates as a diversion from the Tea Party's fight to lower personal income - tax rates.
It had become a commonplace, in the spirit of German idealism, to give privileged status to the reconstructed «original» and to view later
developments as diversions from the pure, the objective, the reportially close, the historical.
I knew that any unsupervised pints would quickly go missing from the kitchen counter, so I placed a few baskets in strategic
locations as a diversion from the extra pound I stashed to bake this lovely cake.
It doesn't matter how bad the European Parliament election results are tonight: they can be safely
dismissed as a diversion akin to the Eurovision Song Contest, a competition between groups dressed in silly costumes.
It's probably the only spy movie that will involve a choreographed performance of Britney Spears» «Toxic»
deployed as a diversion tactic.
But, without them, fans would be outraged that they were not getting their money's worth, so they are there in all their glory, and at least they are peppered with some decent humor to make them modestly
entertaining as a diversion, even if the sight of buildings crashing on superheroes we care about don't resonate the way they might in if witnessed in real life.
This diversity suggests that a system in which law schools with very different missions can be accommodated: including, for example: (1) a school where relatively little time was committed to faculty research and publishing and much more time spent on practice - ready training; or (2) a school where practice - skill courses were
regarded as a diversion from the central task of teaching students to «think like lawyers» through emphasis on doctrine - based instruction.
And some advice I got — which I hated at the time but had come to appreciate — was to view this parenting
journey as a diversion from Italy to Holland, per...
I wrote magazine
articles as a diversion, then small businesses began to hire me as a copywriter — I still write copy for clients, because I adore it.
But there are reasons for his mindless stupor: First, Sam is using the
game as a diversion tactic from the task that looms large — he has to deliver on a promise to a publisher and produce a great novel.
Take one section in which you're asked to choose between fighting a battle at a city, or using the
tussle as a diversion to make your way to your ultimate goal, and thus save the world.
Not only does this device allow players to launch
projectiles as a diversion, it also acts as a grappling hook for improved mobility.
However, even in situations where the odds are against you, the drone's attack mode is
useful as a diversion so you can move into flanking position.
She began to study
art as a diversion in the 1920's when she was living in Brooklyn, married and the mother of two sons.
Howe knows that some who've followed his case suspect he is raising the race
question as a diversion to win sympathy and cast himself as a victim.
Defensive driving, also
known as the Diversion Attendance Course, is for motorists who received a traffic citation in Arizona and would like to dismiss points and avoid insurance rate increases.
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started as a diversion, a little space of my own in which to express myself through colors.
That for them is
seen as a diversion something to keep yu away from the real issues when for many children this is the only and best ways to get them to trust you and to communicate to you want is going on with them.
Solidus Snake, the only one of the Enfants Terribles who stars in just a single title — barring his bottled remains that were
used as a diversion in
But
as diversions for individuals and families both are postwar phenomena as up to date as color television, frozen soup and the three - day weekend.