That was just to make it tough in case the folks were listening in.

One way to deflect the attention is to borrow the old anti imperialist rhetoric of the left.

A similar attempt is being made to deflect international concern at the grave situation in Kosovo.

We now have a culture of distraction.

Because those are voluntary distractions.

The impression one gets is that this debate is somehow a smokescreen for more broken Palestinian promises.

Constitutional change is for political leaders a welcome distraction from the much more change resistant issues of social policy.

Many remain unimpressed by the prime minister s new promises and see it as another attempt to divert from the real issues in the country.

In that connection, the use of propaganda to direct attention to issues unrelated to the conduct of the forthcoming presidential elections should be avoided and resisted.

The Zionist regime has capitalized extensively on the introduction of an artificial threat to our region for the purpose of diverting the attention of the international community from the question of Palestine.

See, there are real solutions out there, but cap and trade with its loopholes and promises of riches have made many people forget all about them.

His criminal organization, The Syndicate, has strategically placed bombs around the city to distract the police while the city officials are dealt with.

Megakhuimyak blames the authorities for employing the police socialism model in politics, i.e. the tactics of distracting the society's attention from political fight via institutions, controlled by the state was warned many times not to play with this, but they never listened, and now they get the first suicide bomber Isn't that cool.

Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and even Iraq qualify as rabbits distractions from what should be the focus of US foreign policy.

The truth is that over the years we have been used as a diversion to distract the Argentine people from the misery imposed on them by their own Governments from time to time.

The perpetuation of the status quo in Darfur be it through prevarication in the negotiations, the delayed achievement of a settlement or a loss of focus on the need to find a genuine solution will exacerbate the problem.

Such a view does not, as is sometimes claimed, imply any distraction of our attention from the immediate threat of global terrorism it is the only proper approach to the elimination of global terrorism, which has become a real danger for everyone.

In one sense, Iraq s weapons of mass destruction were also weapons of mass distraction.

So for diversion he acquired the habit of crawling back and forth across the walls and ceiling.

Weapons tracing should also be systematized to prevent weapons from being misused for illicit purposes.

The difficulties of assessing the counterfactual situation make it impossible to make a definitive statement about such diversion.

But in order to avoid a diversion of resources from assistance programmes, emphasis must be placed on collaborative efforts.

So the 20,000 lion figure that you just saw is actually a red herring, because there may be 3,000 or 4,000 male lions, and they all are actually infected with the same disease.

Attention, please!

Attention, please!

What else?

Attention. Please.

Quiet, please.

We will come to attention, please.

(PA) Your attention please.

Silence.

Palau has practical controls that would prevent such diversion of funds raised locally.

With a view to diverting Azerbaijani army forces, Armenian troops have subjected to constant attack from the direction of Gadrut Azerbaijani positions in the Kubatly district.

So far, the widest control has been effected over narcotic drugs, and consequently their distribution has been well protected from diversion into illicit markets.

is worthless ...

Don't pay it any heed.

Tom wants attention.

Tom craves attention.

Tom craved attention.

Don't mind them.

Ignore him.

No reason.

LET IT PASS.

It's nothing. Only some late customers in the parlour.

Don't pay any attention to him.