Or do they see it as being a way of diverting attention or diverting efforts towards a new round of sanctions?
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But ECB chief David Collier believes the Australians are diverting attention away from their own domestic issues.
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The problem is that this price war is a red herring, diverting attention from a much bigger problem.
Mr Sarkozy seems to consider such incidents as froth, diverting attention from the real business of growth and jobs.
But with so many on the go at one time there's mounting concern that the big showcase missions are diverting attention from the Agency's primary scientific goals.
Democratic hopes in the mid-term elections are perhaps best served by keeping to local issues, diverting attention away from a bleak national economy, unpopular wars and a president with dragging approval ratings.
Aengus O'Snodaigh may have - pardon the pun - blotted his copy book as a result of the bizarre "Inkgate" affair, but the Taoiseach has inadvertently assisted Sinn Fein in diverting attention elsewhere.
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The theory goes that being associated with the retention or resumption of weekly bin rounds enables the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to strike a popular chord while diverting attention from his austerity measures elsewhere.
The government has defended its response to the revelations, saying people felt a "huge amount of frustration" over the fact that the controversy was diverting attention from efforts to deal with problems facing the country.
The debate about the exact size of the patch is irrelevant (it is at the mercy of ocean currents and is constantly changing) and it risks diverting attention away from the far more serious implications of the pollution.
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Albanian President Berisha is responding to his domestic woes by becoming more reckless in his conduct of foreign affairs -- notably with respect to the Albanian population of Serbia's Kosovo province, a well-honed technique for diverting attention from difficulties at home.
On the other hand no diet alone, restriction diet or otherwise, will double lifespan. (See further below.) Media focus on caloric restriction diets is for the sole purpose of diverting attention from megadoses of antioxidants, especially Coenzyme Q10, combined with interval training and no meat in the diet and the daily inclusion of oatmeal, an approach which can indeed double lifespan.
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In Balochistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and its affiliates have helped dilute the impact of an armed nationalist separatist movement by diverting international attention to the issue of targeting Shias.
Mr Kaplan's involvement with the second symphony has made it probably the most talked-about of Mahler's works, diverting public attention away from the morbidity of his last great pieces.
What we do not want to do is turn "weapons of mass disruption" as Barack Obama dubbed cyberattacks in 2009 into weapons of mass distraction, diverting national attention from more burning problems while promoting extremely costly solutions.
As written here before, revenue sharing was the focus of the 2006 NFL Owners meeting that ratified the now-expired CBA. Former NFLPA chief Gene Upshaw had demanded that the Owners come up with a workable plan, diverting their attention from the Player deal which slid through by a 30-2 ratification vote.
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It's a two mile boat trip from Tenby and I think there are now numerous additional attractions in the area diverting people's attention.
In addition to the volatility, going public means diverting costs, energy and attention away from the core of the business.
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