Jeff Sessions is conducting a master class on deflecting tough questions Jeff Sessions is conducting a master class on deflecting tough questions The Senate confirmation hearings for Alabama Sen.
|
|
I kept deflecting it with humor and it didn't work.
|
|
"Addicts are notorious for lying, deflecting and trivializing," Greenberg added.
|
|
It may be his awkward way of deflecting the emotion.
|
|
Pollution actually mutes the colors by deflecting light, he said.
|
|
The hand could be seen as welcoming, but also deflecting.
|
|
"There's no running from it and there's no deflecting," said Vinny.
|
|
Mr. Trump is also adept at deflecting blame to his staff.
|
|
When Mike isn't deflecting snookerers, he does a bit of snookering.
|
|
Prosecutors on Monday accused Mr. Lee of deflecting blame onto subordinates.
|
|
When Trump defenders weren't trying to rewrite history, they were desperately deflecting.
|
|
He just did not get enough, deflecting it back into the net.
|
|
The interviews are awkward, and Kelly is deflecting in each of them.
|
|
This might be because the new QLED TVs are better at deflecting glare.
|
|
Meanwhile the government has been deflecting claims of corruption within its own ranks.
|
|
The firms behind the iceberg-deflecting technology are finding other uses for it.
|
|
Fast scored the winner by deflecting a point shot from defenseman Keith Yandle.
|
|
Trump was deflecting blame after a weekend of eruptions on the campaign trail.
|
|
"There's a lot of really handsome guys nominated this year," Decaprico replies, deflecting.
|
|
Pavelski is among the best in the N.H.L. at deflecting pucks past goaltenders.
|
|
He would walk alongside him, a sentry staring the bullies down, deflecting them.
|
|
But, there is no deflecting the toll the trial took on the Senate.
|
|
His winning goal came by deflecting the puck past Carolina goalie Eddie Lack.
|
|
Tom Wolf (D) successfully defended his seat, deflecting a challenge from Republican Scott Wagner.
|
|
"It's all because of your brothers," my mother says over the phone, clearly deflecting.
|
|
She blamed the Democrats and the news media for deflecting from the president's accomplishments.
|
|
The exercise also served as a means of deflecting potential criticism about her size.
|
|
Backstrom gave Washington the lead at 63:35, deflecting in a shot from Carlson.
|
|
He wants to go through his many accomplishments, regularly deflecting questions to keep on task.
|
|
Tom Wilson tied it for the Capitals midway through, deflecting a Matt Niskanen shot in.
|
|
Deflecting or being embarrassed by a compliment serves no purpose to you socially or professionally.
|
|
It works by continually deflecting light around the tubes until it is almost entirely absorbed.
|
|
The president, for his part, appears to prefer deflecting to Democrats and to Hillary Clinton.
|
|
At news conferences, McConnell is unflappable, deflecting reporters who regularly bait him to criticize Trump.
|
|
At news conferences, McConnell is unflappable, deflecting reporters who regularly bait him to criticize Trump.
|
|
Arming people is not the smartest thing to do and it's deflecting the real issue.
|
|
But it is the man who is thinking provocatively and deflecting responsibility onto the woman.
|
|
Sadly, deflecting, denying, delaying, degrading and obfuscating seemed to have been the recurring themes however.
|
|
Mike Pence kept his cool, ignoring, deflecting, or outright denying any effort by Virginia Sen.
|
|
But that doesn't mean commiserating about the dumbest of these pain-deflecting fights won't help.
|
|
Reagan then, like Sanders now, had long experience in deflecting attacks on his alleged extremism.
|
|
Pointing a finger at China is already deflecting attention from the Trump administration's image problems.
|
|
Francis himself offered only a deflecting comment on his flight back from post-Catholic Ireland.
|
|
But understand that running out the clock by deflecting the conversation is the *whole point.
|
|
A president who spent recent days deflecting any concerns about a slowing economy suggested Democratic Rep.
|
|
No. 3, dodging and deflecting, was evident in Clinton's handling of her private email server controversy.
|
|
It also acknowledges the role of the ideology and doctrine itself, rather than deflecting from it.
|
|
Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm started the sequence by deflecting Andrew Cogliano's pass intended for Ryan Kesler.
|
|
Luckily, the man sitting next to him saved the day, deflecting the bat from the boy.
|
|
And deflecting responsibility, saying, 'I just had to fill the order' -- no, you had a role.
|
|
That serves the purpose of deflecting attention from true information that's damaging to the paid interests.
|
|
Arabia in the post-colonial era could be the Prince's way of deflecting the ready critiques
|
|
I've become very skilled at deflecting the inane questions about my singledom with vaguely witty quips.
|
|
We see Brooks as the skilled comedian who is deflecting criticism and barbs left and right.
|
|
It's also a striking shift in the company's usual strategy of deflecting public criticism or blame.
|
|
Niederreiter scored his 11th goal by deflecting a Gardiner shot from the point at 9:30.
|
|
This gives Republican legislators a cover for deflecting any obstruction charge when that inevitably comes up.
|
|
Mr. Sondland showed a weird knack for seeming momentarily flustered and then deflecting into punchy asides.
|
|
While McConnell has been deflecting reporters' questions about a trial, it clearly is on his mind.
|
|
He ended it in the extra period by deflecting a shot from Johansson into the net.
|
|
Wayne Rooney got a foot on it, deflecting it to Lingard, and he did the rest.
|
|
Tillerson had no real reply to this, and just kept deflecting until Menendez finally moved on.
|
|
You'll likely have to do some dodging and deflecting of blaster shots to take down these stormtroopers.
|
|
The anxiety, at least, I could hide behind a veneer of accomplishment, social graces, and deflecting questions.
|
|
He then pivoted to discussing racism more broadly, before being called out by the moderator for deflecting.
|
|
And in typical Cash fashion, she always stayed modest and humble, quietly deflecting any attention or notoriety.
|
|
Deflecting sunlight does nothing to fix other emission-linked problems, such as the oceans becoming more acidic.
|
|
Any hope Trump had of dodging and deflecting on the issue through November 8 is now gone.
|
|
The participants in the simulation decided to slam spaceships into the asteroid in hopes of deflecting it.
|
|
Meanwhile, Facebook's executives have been criticized for their robotic delivery, and in deflecting criticism and denying responsibility.
|
|
You can also buy "stealthwear" clothing that can help you blend into a crowd by deflecting heat.
|
|
Pavelski doubled the lead on the power play at 7:05 by deflecting Erik Karlsson's point shot.
|
|
Smith handled himself gracefully after Sunday's game, deflecting attention and pointing to the Jets' 24-16 victory.
|
|
Except, instead of the usual deflecting skirt, in my dream I've dressed you in mildly tailored pants.
|
|
He was a shot-blocking, pass-deflecting, rebound-corralling, end-to-end bull in a china shop.
|
|
But early Tuesday, he pivoted to deflecting blame and retweeting coronavirus tweets from conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
|
|
Both had been deflecting doubts since they were children about their conviction that eating meat is immoral.
|
|
But it was clear that Biden did his homework, deflecting attacks with moderate success from Harris, Sens.
|
|
Deflecting to Democrats' problems or meme-ing their way to sleepy-eyed cynicism is not remotely sufficient.
|
|
He spoke quietly to each of them for a few minutes, deflecting any talk of his bravery.
|
|
By deflecting Spieth's attention from his over-par score, Greller freed him to focus on each shot.
|
|
But the savviest operators find ways to resist that assignment, deflecting as much credit as they claim.
|
|
" Castro accused Trump of deflecting attention to immigration and "scapegoating immigrants" whenever he's in "political hot water.
|
|
Some reporters accused Trump of "deflecting" and called it a "clear violation" of White House press protocol.
|
|
While Trump had held back from criticizing Moscow in his remarks, Haley lambasted Russia for deflecting Assad's abuses.
|
|
Politicians deflecting and flat-out denying speculation about the prospect of future candidacy is a known political trope.
|
|
Instead of owning up to Red's own poor design choices, the company's deflecting blame on its outsourced help.
|
|
They throw up a smokescreen of busy-ness as an excuse for missing their deadlines and deflecting assignments.
|
|
Declaring bankruptcy might seem like a feasible, if undesirable, way of deflecting student loans, but it is not.
|
|
Luke and Vader might make it look easy, but deflecting laser blasts back at a target is hard!
|
|
NASA's also been looking into ways of deflecting an asteroid, should it come dangerously close to our planet.
|
|
It was a fiery political speech by a firebrand with an interest in deflecting regulators' attention from Facebook.
|
|
On Wednesday, Abdullah downplayed his differences with Trump regarding refugees, largely deflecting a question about Trump's refugee ban.
|
|
But Victoria Sharp doesn't see it that way, deflecting all blame to the federal government for Finicum's death.
|
|
He conflates gun talk with depressive distress, deflecting with tropes about exotic women and focusing on his paper.
|
|
Enter this shine-deflecting spray that gives an even layer of broad spectrum protection without disturbing your bronzer.
|
|
"It's Christmas," Durant said afterward, deflecting the praise he was being given as the game's chief difference-maker.
|
|
This faint attempt at deflecting the impression of a "Fed put" represents a sure risk for the Fed.
|
|
Forty-three years after Roe, we should not be on the defensive, deflecting attacks on reproductive health care.
|
|
On Friday, Grazia magazine issued a statement apologizing to Ms. Nyong'o but deflecting blame for the image alteration.
|
|
She was too adept at dodging, deflecting and flat-out lying to blurt out such an inconvenient truth.
|
|
Because Mr. Kagame has been masterful at deflecting criticism of his illiberalism by pointing to Rwanda's economic performance.
|
|
Trump surrogates say they're used to preparing to answer questions about his statements and tweets — or deflecting them.
|
|
McDavid opened the scoring 28 seconds in, with his centering pass deflecting off a defenseman and past Quick.
|
|
He asks for my position on the refugee crisis on three occasions, deflecting the conversation from the menu itself.
|
|
And you get this wholesome, calm demeanor out there that&aposs just easily deflecting all of these harsh attacks.
|
|
Her bullet-deflecting bracelets came from Byrne, known for her bangles, while her "Suffering Sappho!" exclamations were all Holloway.
|
|
Newspapers and packaging of foodstuffs exported to Arab-American communities imitate stone, deflecting the surveillance of foreignness through camouflage.
|
|
His shot almost sneaked past Brian Elliott, but he got his stick on it, deflecting off his own pads.
|
|
To win, Trump must thus demonstrate (or develop) a political talent that we have yet to see: deflecting attention.
|
|
Bullet-deflecting, lasso-flinging superheroine Wonder Woman turns 75 this year and, really now, she hasn't aged a day.
|
|
He was jetting off to Dubai Sunday, and his germ-deflecting surgical mask wasn't all that caught our eye.
|
|
However, Pavelski restored San Jose's lead only 1:183 later, deflecting in Kevin Labanc's shot during a power play.
|
|
The kind of joke that's actually true, but you laugh about it in the hopes of deflecting that truth.
|
|
"It is more of a means of deflecting attention from the inaction or action of the past," Goel said.
|
|
Jessica Knoll, writing on Lena Dunham's Lenny website, said she wanted to stop deflecting questions from other wounded women.
|
|
Justice Scalia's dissent, ignored at the time, has since emerged as a talisman for deflecting challenges to executive authority.
|
|
It doesn't have a clever air-deflecting system, either, so passengers get the full brunt of the oncoming wind.
|
|
They have had to defend or explain away comments Trump has made while simultaneously deflecting praise toward the president.
|
|
O'Reilly scored by deflecting Brayden Schenn's pass on goal, then banged home his own rebound with 9:25 left.
|
|
He repeatedly mocked and assailed the "failed" Obamacare website, while also deflecting a persistent rumor about his political future.
|
|
Nashville also got a power play goal from Colin Wilson, deflecting a shot by Subban, in the first period.
|
|
Or, as needed, deflecting cheerfully: "As the possible future mother-/father-in-law, I just hope he likes me."
|
|
Raanta made a game-saving save early in overtime, deflecting Brett Pesce's shot from in front off the crossbar.
|
|
The Devils scored first, with Boqvist deflecting McLeod's rebound shot past Kuemper at 2:17 of the first period.
|
|
But in deflecting potential criticism for inspiring the atrocity, he is forced to draw attention to it, Lopatto says.
|
|
Meanwhile, Trump is deflecting the allegations in characteristic fashion: by saying Curiel's Hispanic heritage means he's biased against him.
|
|
Consequently, replacing Obamacare will take effort and compromise, potentially deflecting Washington's attention from the other ambitions of the 45th President.
|
|
Let's start with Ek's personal competition to lose body fat, his introverted, attention-deflecting style and Spotify's unconventional April IPO.
|
|
Deflecting an asteroid would require months, if not years, of advance notice in order to mount a successful counter mission.
|
|
Blake Coleman accounted for the Devils' only goal, deflecting a Mirco Mueller point shot 18:24 into the second period.
|
|
Students and parents are now infuriated with how the drill was handled — and claim school officials are deflecting any blame.
|
|
Tavares scored his 211th of the season at 3:48 of the second, deflecting a point shot by Jake Muzzin.
|
|
But that overlooks Pavelski's ability to find seams on the ice, or his knack for deflecting shots past startled goalies.
|
|
Questioning the source, or legality, of disclosures is a time-tested strategy for deflecting attention from the contents of leaks.
|
|
While officials were successful in deflecting attention, Mr. Tufis said, the effort may backfire on the governing Social Democratic Party.
|
|
Reinosa was wearing a bulletproof vest, which saved his life by deflecting the bullet into his shoulder, the mayor explained.
|
|
Cattelan, for his part, seems amused by the theft, deflecting speculation that he somehow orchestrated it as a publicity stunt.
|
|
Soon she is deflecting bullets and mortar shells, and tossing an armored truck as she wields her Lasso of Truth.
|
|
Ryan Strome added insurance during a power play with 4:37 remaining by deflecting a shot by defenseman Tony DeAngelo.
|
|
Wonder Woman, with her bullet-deflecting bracelets and acrobatic combat skills, occupies a spot on the Mount Rushmore of superheroes.
|
|
On the next shift, Gionta knocked down a high shot in front of the net, deflecting the puck past Dubnyk.
|
|
Mr. Guzmán was merely "the rabbit" that the authorities chased for decades, deflecting attention from his partner, Mr. Lichtman said.
|
|
The looming end of two-storied American circuses offers a cautionary tale on the consequences of deflecting, rather than embracing, change.
|
|
Now, anyone who knows Wonder Woman knows one of her signature moves is deflecting bullets with her awesome Bracelets of Submission.
|
|
" Deflecting a question about whether they worked for the Pentagon he says "we've worked for global militaries all over the world.
|
|
These include rounded or angular shaping that can scatter radar waves, plus special materials that absorb radar instead of deflecting it.
|
|
He is not loved and has been deflecting criticism in recent days of his (legal) manoeuvres to lower his own taxes.
|
|
Gionta made it 3-2 only 12 seconds later, deflecting a long shot by defenseman Justin Falk with his left skate.
|
|
Gravity warps the shape of spacetime itself, deflecting some of the light in the region and generating an eerie circular shadow.
|
|
He's been deflecting questions in media interviews, but in private, the Texan has told several allies that he wants the job.
|
|
Moderators are often tasked with deleting graphic images and videos, deflecting vitriol, enforcing rules, and ensuring their communities continue to function.
|
|
Maya spends her entire session deflecting intimacy by cracking jokes and wearing a jacket while it dangles from a coat hanger.
|
|
One thing about Kendall is that she's pretty good at deflecting attention and playing wingwoman to her much more brazen siblings.
|
|
Poehling scored his first NHL goal at 43:24 of the first, deflecting a pass from behind the goal by Weal.
|
|
For Khan, unveiled singing is another kind of shield, although one of self-projection rather than deflecting the projections of others.
|
|
"Money is a form of praise, and you're deflecting that praise," she said, summarizing the message she thinks women often receive.
|
|
Consequently, replacing Obamacare will take effort and compromise, potentially deflecting Washington's attention from the other ambitions of the 45 th President.
|
|
Deflecting lasers and completing tasks in virtual reality is much easier than making a lightsaber from scratch, and looks extremely gratifying.
|
|
Her bandmates, Marielle (Agyness Deyn) and Ali (Gayle Rankin), are old hands at sitting out her tantrums and deflecting her taunts.
|
|
This has nothing to do with anyone else including JAY-Z, stop deflecting and trying to make this a publicity stunt.
|
|
He spoke to them softly and stayed perhaps two or three minutes in each room, deflecting any talk of his bravery.
|
|
The President seemed to be pre-emptively deflecting the calls for reform of firearms laws that inevitably follow every such outrage.
|
|
Eichel increased his team-leading goal total to 22 nearly 10 minutes later, deflecting defenseman Henri Jokiharju's shot from the point.
|
|
But critics say Republican calls for leak investigations may just be aimed at deflecting attention from possible misconduct by Trump aides.
|
|
"Since there are two of now in this relationship, we're going to keep this to ourselves," he said, understably deflecting the question.
|
|
WASHINGTON — President Trump kicked off his week much like he ended his last: deflecting damning revelations coming from within his own administration.
|
|
"I don't think we played our best game but we pulled it out," Anthony told reporters, deflecting any credit for the win.
|
|
Part of that plan is to develop new technology to defend our planet by deflecting or redirecting objects on target for impact.
|
|
"This was never about money," Snyder tweeted earlier, deflecting charges that the state's slow response to the crisis was driven by economics.
|
|
It is absurd—so absurd as to risk deflecting attention from the dreadful significance of what is about to happen in Cleveland.
|
|
"Our linemen — oh my god!" a shirtless Lynch gushed on the field postgame, deflecting credit to his less heralded high school teammates.
|
|
Trump as recently as last month accused her of "collusion" with the Russians, deflecting allegations that his campaign coordinated with Russian operatives.
|
|
Against an opponent who is mad about swinging right hands, getting behind the elbows and deflecting the damage is a valuable method.
|
|
"Staying still for 16 hours was difficult," Spacey half-jokes after deflecting another attempt to elicit more detail about their creative process.
|
|
Eshoo took a similar position, deflecting questions about when Congress would begin exploring using Medicare as a vehicle for expanding health coverage.
|
|
On Tuesday, Mr. Moon's government stressed cooperation with Washington, deflecting any suggestion that there is a disconnect between the allies on policy.
|
|
Seasoned lobbyists said that smoothly deflecting a lawmaker's physical advance was a job skill as essential as winning support for a bill.
|
|
Tim Webb, a special assistant to the equipment manager, took Lundqvist's place in goal, bravely deflecting slap shots from highly trained professionals.
|
|
The Obama administration began deflecting criticism for its inert "strategic patience" policy by arguing that China was to blame for the problem.
|
|
For more than a year now, Facebook has been deflecting stories about how its platform was used during the 2016 presidential election.
|
|
Is President Trump watching an insulting amount of cable television while he's supposed to be deflecting his daily scandals and running the country?
|
|
Ron Johnson (R-WI) after Johnson refused to stop deflecting from questions about Trump's behavior by pushing debunked conspiracy theories about the FBI.
|
|
Jim Risch, an Idaho Republican, continued deflecting questions about Trump on Tuesday by saying he simply would not talk about presidential politics. Sen.
|
|
Trump's tweets, "necessarily restricted to 140 characters or less, are rife with vague and simplistic insults … all deflecting serious consideration," the judge wrote. ●
|
|
If there's a reason Russia's influence on Facebook seems wildly overblown, it's because this too seems like an elaborate campaign of deflecting blame.
|
|
Last year a ridge of high-pressure air was deflecting storms, said Nina Oakley, a research climatologist at the Western Regional Climate Center.
|
|
"It's not my president…" Well, it is and that's a way of deflecting it and making it not your responsibility, and it is.
|
|
After years of deflecting blame, the United Nations this summer acknowledged "its own involvement" in the suffering Haiti has experienced from the disease.
|
|
This only serves to further stigmatize mental illness, painting its very existence as inherently dangerous — and deflecting attention from real predictors of violence.
|
|
Matthias scored with 59.9 seconds remaining by deflecting a Jarome Iginla wrist shot from the right circle in to beat Lehtonen far post.
|
|
Precious documents have been destroyed, stolen or kept under seal by librarians skilled at deflecting the inquiries of even the most tenacious researchers.
|
|
Couturier then forged a tie at 3 at 6:07 after deflecting Jakub Voracek's blast from the point for a power-play goal.
|
|
To use their weight against them, the technique of deflecting — it's not always about aggression, it's about fighting smart, not just fighting hard.
|
|
It serves Mr. Pettibon well, deflecting attention from evidence, in his work and in person, of what seems an essentially inward, melancholy character.
|
|
Lucasfilm has built an empire out of giving the people what they want while also weathering—and deflecting—those fans' most imprudent demands.
|
|
Spezza's wrister was initially stopped by Murray, but the puck fluttered through the air, deflecting off Brian Dumoulin's shoulder before crossing the goal line.
|
|
Knowing an asteroid's composition might one day be important for those interested in asteroid mining or deflecting a potentially dangerous rock headed for Earth.
|
|
" Still, Ms. Buttu said the president's "rule has been dismally marked by deflecting blame onto others, consolidating powers unto himself and destroying Palestinian institutions.
|
|
Besides their tendency to be adopted as bad faith, rhetorical sleights-of-hand, calls for civility have another, perhaps more insidious, consequence: deflecting blame.
|
|
After assuring her doctor beau she has perfected the art of deflecting men's advances, Midge and Benjamin head over to Declan's sink-less studio.
|
|
On Monday, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen didn't do much to ease concerns, deflecting a query on the issue during the White House's press conference.
|
|
Things then changed quickly, with Liles' flip from the left point deflecting in off Acciari, who was returning from injury for his playoff debut.
|
|
Winter is constantly deflecting criticism over how she looks and dresses on social media, but she said that it doesn't get to her anymore.
|
|
The Jets regained the lead at 17:24 later when Ehlers scored his 20th goal of the season, deflecting a shot by Josh Morrissey.
|
|
Fischer sent the Coyotes ahead 5-0 early in the second period, deflecting Jacob Chychrun's wrist shot during a power play at 4:33.
|
|
Cirelli scored his 14th this season from the hash marks, deflecting a point shot by Mikhail Sergachev at 18:38 of the first period.
|
|
All of these contribute to deflecting or absorbing enemy radar and, combined with pilots' tactics, help the F-35A survive in enemy air space.
|
|
"You go back to a position like they had where they would perhaps go to illegal places," Mr. Trump said, after initially deflecting questions.
|
|
Golovkin established a left hook to the liver early as he walked Wade down, deflecting the meaningful blows and simply taking the lesser ones.
|
|
Trump often tows the party line, deflecting attention from the role firearms play in attacks and making the "good guy with a gun" argument.
|
|
But after years of deflecting pressure to build a roof that would prevent the almost inevitable rain delays, the United States Tennis Association relented.
|
|
Crew defender Jonathan Mensah stuck his head in the way, deflecting the ball in the opposite direction of a diving Zack Steffen, Columbus's goalkeeper.
|
|
The operation had hammered the reputation of both Clinton and the Democratic Party while deflecting attention from embarrassing news about Putin's preferred candidate, Trump.
|
|
Maxfield Koontz, 28, a genderqueer farmer and basketry artist, also points to this history, deflecting the misunderstanding that "rural" and "queer" are incompatible identities.
|
|
Others downplay it, or blame it on the poor choices of individual women, deflecting focus from the systems that put women at a disadvantage.
|
|
The deputy was wearing a bulletproof vest, which saved his life by deflecting the bullet into his shoulder, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris said.
|
|
Svechnikov opened the scoring with a first-period goal, with the puck deflecting off the stick of a New York defender and past Greiss.
|
|
Foligno cut the lead to one at 14:41, deflecting David Savard's shot in front of Lundqvist for his first goal in 16 games.
|
|
He then finished his hat trick by deflecting in a Kyle Turris shot after Senators goaltender Craig Anderson was pulled for an extra attacker.
|
|
That is after accounting for discounts that drug companies provide and that they often cite as crucial to deflecting the rising costs of drugs.
|
|
And while there is much hand-wringing among the upper echelons of the church in Ireland, there is a blame-deflecting edge to it.
|
|
Ennis scored 40 seconds into the third period, deflecting a Thomas Chabot shot under Demko's right pad for his seventh goal of the season.
|
|
There's also plenty of bullet-deflecting, lasso-ing, and prime Amazonian butt-kicking, but the true highlight is Wonder Woman swinging from lightning bolts.
|
|
About 10 minutes after Skeans was attacked, Trump laid into the media again while deflecting from the notion that his campaign colluded with Russia.
|
|
It would also develop quick-response missions for deflecting or disrupting threatening asteroids, and figure out how to cooperate with foreign governments on this issue.
|
|
That fight showcased Ali at his most audacious in the ring, leaning back on the ropes and deflecting or dodging blow after blow from Foreman.
|
|
They're supposed to be preparing for Andy's testimony at the trial, but Andy keeps deflecting, and starts talking to Joe about his greatest passion, opera.
|
|
But it could also be a way of deflecting the real reason, which they may feel will hurt you more than the lack of sex.
|
|
These are push-back paintings of sorts, much like the anti-tank defenses; they push back against our own expectations, while also deflecting our interest.
|
|
With the support of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other hardliners, Khamenei has governed by deflecting blame, balancing factions, centralizing control and suppressing opposition.
|
|
The rest of the video proceeds to answer that question, showing the Amazonian warrior in action – bursting in through windows, deflecting bullets, lassoing bad guys.
|
|
After several times deflecting questions about her future plans, the 2004 and 2008 Olympic champion, an idol in her home country, finally announced her retirement.
|
|
Ryan White scored the lone goal for the Flyers against Braden Holtby, with the puck deflecting off Washington defenseman Taylor Chorney and into the goal.
|
|
Brown opened the scoring with the game's first shot 10 seconds after puck drop by deflecting Christian Folin's point offering, setting off a crazy game.
|
|
Trump and his top allies have responded to recession fears by touting strong domestic numbers and deflecting blame for the souring outlook to frequent scapegoats.
|
|
Some of those executives might be deflecting from company's poor performance, using government policy as an excuse for cuts they were likely to make anyway.
|
|
None has managed to steer a path so different from the president's without incurring his wrath and while deflecting attention over apparent or genuine splits.
|
|
That liquid iron generates a powerful magnetic field that surrounds our planet, which then protects us by deflecting life-killing radiation away from Earth's surface.
|
|
Beyond deflecting sexism by alleging only racism was at play, Thomas's statement was also counterintuitive because people argued race wasn't supposed to decide his nomination.
|
|
And for the first 45 minutes on Tuesday, the Egyptian back line held strong, intercepting and deflecting balls and neutralizing a series of Russian attacks.
|
|
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is turning American actions against Turkey to his advantage, appealing to national pride and deflecting responsibility for the lira's collapse.
|
|
I'm not deflecting responsibility, but there were 12 people in the writers' room and only four of them, at any one time, were white men.
|
|
"As a whole we can play a lot better," Coach Barry Trotz said, deflecting a question about whether Ovechkin and Kuznetsov played to their standards.
|
|
Dubois made it 2-0 early in the second period with his 15th goal of the season, deflecting Scott Harrington's drive from the left point.
|
|
Amsterdam's Schiphol brought in robotic excavators to create noise-deflecting ridges that stop the avionic rumble from traveling for miles through the low, flat territory.
|
|
But Lamb, deflecting attempts to call him a lackey for Nancy Pelosi, says he won't support the liberal San Franciscan to remain House Democratic leader.
|
|
Mr. Cook, as a man who spends most of his time deflecting the intensities around him, has the trickiest role and carries it off beautifully.
|
|
And GM looks to drive a wedge between workers and union leaders while deflecting further attacks from President Trump over job cuts in swing states.
|
|
The future Hall of Famer has been deflecting the political bait, saying he wants to focus on beating the Atlanta Falcons in Sunday night's championship game.
|
|
He then concluded by deflecting a question about whether he'll support the release of the Mueller report by accusing Obama-era intelligence officials of "treasonous" behavior.
|
|
Center Antoine Vermette scored on its first shot, deflecting a slapper by defenseman Zbynek Michalek at 163:26 of the first period for his 17th goal.
|
|
Notoriously secretive, the tobacco industry had long been infamous for delaying and deflecting document discovery for so long that personal injury plaintiffs ran out of money.
|
|
But their sales adhere strictly to U.S. policy, Harris told CNBC at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, deflecting policy responsibility away from the company itself.
|
|
By the time I entered sixth grade, I was wearing a C-cup bra, and deflecting the hands and comments of boys on a daily basis.
|
|
Sanheim and Weal skated in on a two-on-one break, with Sanheim's crossing pass deflecting off the skate of Brodie and over Rittich's right shoulder.
|
|
To many, Mr Erdogan's furious persecution of this "enemy within" is a way of deflecting attention from the AK party's own plans for capturing the state.
|
|
In fact it was the classic non-apology apology, deflecting criticism without giving ground in an over-elaborate explanation that raises more questions than it answers.
|
|
The remarks are part of a pattern of Trump deflecting any blame for possible future economic problems, and insisting that his economic strategy will be effective.
|
|
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Shares of most Asian steelmakers rose on Friday, deflecting the first salvo of a long-anticipated anti-dumping campaign from U.S. President Donald Trump.
|
|
Parise made it 6-1 at 5:05 of the third period with his third goal, deflecting Eric Staal's shot for Minnesota's second man-advantage tally.
|
|
In learning that my protracted singledom leaves some people scratching their heads, I also developed strategies for deflecting those comments and feeling decidedly unbothered by them.
|
|
February 230: Deflecting accusations of Russian meddling United States intelligence officials warned in mid-February that Russia had already begun meddling in the 22016 midterm elections.
|
|
Jakob Silfverberg, Kiefer Sherwood, Brandon Montour, Pontus Aberg and Ondrej Kase scored in regulation for the Ducks, with three of the goals deflecting off Devils players.
|
|
A player for all positions, James did, even deflecting a couple of Porzingis's fourth-quarter shots and effectively harassing him in his new midrange comfort zone.
|
|
Prior to the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the White House was again in full crisis mode, deflecting multiple scandals by embracing an unrepentant demeanor.
|
|
On Sunday, she appeared somewhat shellshocked in the post-match interview room, answering questions politely but in terse sentences, deflecting any inquiries about tactics or results.
|
|
Again, there's no evidence for this, but that hasn't stopped products like "energy deflecting" crystals, cellphone stickers, and bracelets from cropping up to protect against it.
|
|
Jeff Sessions, spent all day yesterday deflecting tough questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his record on civil rights, immigration, marijuana legalization, and LGBT equality.
|
|
The term "witch hunt" has renewed cultural and political resonance, largely because it's one of President Trump's preferred strategies for deflecting criticism and mobilizing his base.
|
|
"Trump is more concerned with deflecting the issue politically," Matthew Waxman, a former senior official in the George W. Bush administration, told me on March 1.
|
|
"Russia's allegations fit with a pattern of deflecting blame from the (Syrian) regime and attempting to undermine the credibility of its opponents," one of the officials said.
|
|
The first bird is deflecting from his repeal of net neutrality regulations to point the finger at other tech companies as the real threat to online freedom.
|
|
Is this her way of deflecting the question about why can&apost you own up to the fact that you have made mistake or given inaccurate information?
|
|
"High profile, mass casualty attacks are a tried and tested method of changing the narrative and deflecting attention away from the problems it is facing," said Henman.
|
|
The $69 million mission, expected to launch in 2021, will test the earth's capability of deflecting an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with it at high speed.
|
|
Vermette ended Budaj's quest for a shutout by deflecting Hampus Lindholm's slap shot inside the left post for his fourth goal 3:13 into the final period.
|
|
Niemi, though, got another bad break less than a minute later, as Vatrano's shot got past him after deflecting off the stick of Montreal defenseman Shea Weber.
|
|
Here are the highlights: • Mr. Trump said he had "the best temperament," deflecting criticisms from Mr. Cruz this week about his readiness to be commander in chief.
|
|
Chris Collins responded to Mook's calls for fairness immediately following Mook's appearance, telling CNN's Alisyn Camerota that "Democrats are living in a cesspool" so they're "deflecting" criticism.
|
|
Catch a glimpse at one of the countless monitors on set, however, and you see her charging across a battlefield, deflecting bullets and being the ultimate badass.
|
|
"But Mister Softee only has two flavors of ice cream and they taste the same," I mumbled while cowering and deflecting the things he threw at me.
|
|
"China." Time and again, when the press asked him about Russia, Trump responded by deflecting attention to China: As far as hacking, I think it was Russia.
|
|
But even so, the feeling of actually holding the Vive controller with two hands and deflecting droid laser beams was a geekgasm that's difficult to move past.
|
|
Tommy Wingels couldn't convert on a penalty shot in the second period, but set up Bouma's game-winner by deflecting Keith's shot from the point to Bouma.
|
|
The project instructs Siri developers to respond to such requests either by disengaging, deflecting, and informing because Apple wants its virtual helper to appear guarded and neutral.
|
|
The Federal Reserve, a favorite target of Trump, garnered only 20193% among Republicans, indicating the president's attacks may not be effective at deflecting responsibility among his supporters.
|
|
That allegiance to gun manufacturers means that the NRA's top priority in any debate about gun violence is protecting the product — deflecting attention away from gun sales.
|
|
Parayko's hard shot from the slot hit Ben Bishop's left shoulder, knocking the Stars goalie onto his back and deflecting the puck to deep in the circle.
|
|
I get clickbait questions, donations, like what you just said, 10 hours a day I am basically deflecting 90 percent of the questions that people ask me.
|
|
Deflecting attention from Trump's often pointed criticism, Mexico has tried to take the higher ground in the debate by promising to help migrants get jobs and visas.
|
|
Xi has been brilliant at playing Trump, plying him with flattery and short-term trade concessions and deflecting him from the real structural trade imbalances with China.
|
|
Mr. de Blasio found himself repeatedly deflecting questions stemming from state and federal investigations into his fund-raising activities, which earlier this year resulted in no charges.
|
|
Meanwhile, after weeks of dodging and deflecting, Bloomberg outright apologized for the controversial stop-and-frisk policies that peaked during his time as New York mayor. 5.
|
|
After deflecting Hampus Lindholm's wrist shot from the left point off Condon's right arm, McGinn flicked the rebound past Condon at 14:28 for his 15th goal.
|
|
"Most will understandably see the president's comments about the importance of losing weight as a way of deflecting concerns about the dramatic pace of inflation," he said.
|
|
The coach told his young players to say Dennehy was a drug dealer whose own misdeeds did him in, thereby deflecting potential blame from the basketball program.
|
|
Ottawa, though, tied it with 7:46 left in the first when Tkachuk, causing traffic in front of Georgiev, was credited with deflecting in Thomas Chabot's laser.
|
|
Kane scored six seconds into San Jose's second power play by deflecting in a long shot from Logan Couture at 20163:12 to make it 2-1.
|
|
Aho opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 4:49 of the first, deflecting Andrei Svechnikov's shot past McElhinney and just over the goal line.
|
|
To keep it, she realized she would have to maintain a good relationship with Smith, while also deflecting what she described as increasingly inappropriate behavior from him.
|
|
The best mysteries play with that, answering, deflecting, teasing, taking the reader off on a tangent that ends up answering the question and posing another, bigger one.
|
|
Many Democrats on the ground here disagree, but they are sniping at each other and deflecting blame for a cycle in which only one of their candidates, Sen.
|
|
Adam Henrique got one back for the Devils just 50 seconds into the third period, deflecting a shot from the point by Andy Greene between Mike Condon's legs.
|
|
Aho made it 3-1 with his third goal of the season, deflecting Brett Pesce's shot from the high slot after Milano lost the puck in his skates.
|
|
However, Paul Pogba claimed the match for France late on, with the goal-line technology also confirming his deflected shot had gone in after deflecting off the woodwork.
|
|
More importantly, nationalist politicians in Barcelona succeeded in deflecting against Madrid popular anger at the austerity that followed the bursting of Spain's housing and financial bubble in 2009.
|
|
Blaming the comment on Trump's sense of humor tracks with the White House and Trump campaign's history of deflecting a controversial comment by arguing that president was joking.
|
|
Johns challenged the hegemony of the brushstroke by paralyzing it in thick encaustic, shaking the pillars of the reigning Abstract Expressionist movement and deflecting the course of modernism.
|
|
Both runners crossed the plate, and Galvis continued to third when the ball bounced off the barrier before deflecting off the glove of Pham and into the stands.
|
|
SYDNEY, April 21 (Reuters) - Shares of most Asian steelmakers rose on Friday, deflecting the first salvo of a long-anticipated anti-dumping campaign from U.S. President Donald Trump.
|
|
Soon an Imperial shuttle follows, and after R2-D2 hands off a lightsaber you're deflecting bolts from a group of Stormtroopers, buying time for the Falcon to escape.
|
|
Fourteen years after accidentally deflecting a ball during the Chicago Cubs run in the 20163 National League Championship series, Steve Bartman is getting a team World Series ring.
|
|
Kennedy provides the perfect ingredients for our Entertainer-in-Chief to massage and control the next few new cycles, deflecting journalists' attention away with a shiny new object.
|
|
Talking about the wall will clearly be one of Trump's go-to tactics for deflecting attention from the 17 known investigations into his administration, family and his business.
|
|
Anderson's grounder up the middle hit Nova in the left foot with the ball deflecting toward third baseman Colin Moran, who threw to first base for the out.
|
|
To get over this break-up, Rob decides to revisit a few of his exes for the purpose of deflecting any blame for the demise of his relationships.
|
|
Many Council members, including Mr. Torres and Mr. Johnson, were incensed that Mr. Carter seemed to be acting as Ms. Olatoye's personal defense lawyer in deflecting Council questions.
|
|
"You mentioned my resignation, but that never came up," he said, deflecting questions about his future and why he skipped out on a news conference the previous evening.
|
|
BMW started doing April Fool's Day pranks in the 1980s, starting with the announcement of a "rain-deflecting open top car" in a fake magazine ad in 1983.
|
|
It presents the biker jacket, chinos, guayabera shirts and kaffiyeh head scarves, including a new prototype, by the Beirut-based architect Salim Al-Kadi, in bullet-deflecting Kevlar.
|
|
Zucker put Minnesota in front with a power-play goal, deflecting Koivu's blast from the right circle past Kinkaid's stick side for his third goal of the season.
|
|
Other strategists agree that a White House strategy of deflecting from bad news is likely, though it may not always be developments the markets find to be positive.
|
|
Derek Grant pulled the Ducks within a marker at 219:50 with his ninth goal, deflecting a Chris Kelly shot, but Anaheim couldn't avoid its third straight loss.
|
|
Cersei is good at deflecting the blame (see her dismissal of Ser Barristan), but it was Lancel's purposeful escalation of Robert's inebriation that put him in harm's way.
|
|
Because the president lies constantly, a major part of her job is defending those lies — either covering for them, deflecting them, or lying herself to cover for them.
|
|
One of my clients is super accomplished, and yet in certain professional contexts, especially when she's with higher-ups, she has a pattern of deflecting or making herself smaller.
|
|
Even those who want a strong stance toward China said the administration's fixation on Huawei is deflecting attention from the need for broader export restrictions for "emerging" U.S. technologies.
|
|
The Ducks answered a few minutes later when Getzlaf scored a power-play goal at 8:28, with his shot deflecting off the stick of Avs defenseman Ryan Graves.
|
|
Alexander Steen untied the score less than four minutes later on the power play, deflecting Brayden Schenn's one-timer from the right circle by Holtby for his sixth goal.
|
|
Pyatt, in the slot, picked up the loose puck off a Mike Hoffman shot and tossed it on net, hitting Benn's stick and deflecting past Price at 4:36.
|
|
The key to deflecting Trump's conspiracy theories is making clear, and broadcasting widely, how unhinged they are—and how, simply by themselves, they should disqualify Trump from public office.
|
|
He made the first free throw to get the Spurs within two, then intentionally missed the second, with the Warriors deflecting the ball out of bounds as time expired.
|
|
Henrique gave the Ducks a 232-21 lead on a power play at 3333:0003 of the third period, deflecting a shot from the right circle by Rickard Rakell.
|
|
"Xi has been brilliant at playing Trump, plying him with flattery and short-term trade concessions and deflecting him from the real structural trade imbalances with China," Friedman wrote.
|
|
" • Deflecting a question about Mr. Trump's suggestion that he was savvy to avoid paying taxes, Mr. Pence said that his running mate was "a businessman, not a career politician.
|
|
However, Johansen blunted the Kings' momentum by deflecting a point shot from defenseman Shea Weber past backup goalie Jhonas Enroth at 11:45, his 13th goal of the season.
|
|
Ms. Rousseff said that Mr. Cunha put impeachment proceedings into motion as a way of deflecting attention from his own legal troubles over charges of bribery and money laundering.
|
|
He is a slight, unassuming man in his fifties, with an impish way of deflecting questions about his post-Lumley celebrity clients (Brian May, of Queen, is among them).
|
|
"This 'flooding' of information is designed to deluge Chinese citizens with a torrent of information with the aim of deflecting blame away from the Chinese Communist Party," Ryan added.
|
|
RELATED: Your guide to where the 2020 Democrats stand on the issues Through it all, Biden shook his head and smiled, at several points deflecting with wit and humor.
|
|
The attack appears to have galvanized support for Modi, who used the incident to his advantage, deflecting attention away from the struggling economy and onto his national security policies.
|
|
But if the president wants to actually turn the market around — and help address a public health crisis in the process — he needs to stop deflecting and do something.
|
|
In the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump has finally met a problem that can't be solved with his usual bag of political tools: obfuscation, denial, deflecting blame, and misinformation.
|
|
Didymos NASA plans to launch the prototype asteroid-deflecting Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in 2021, aimed at smashing into the smaller "moonlet" of the double asteroid Didymos.
|
|
"She has been deflecting death threats and harassment and trying to care for her family and determine where they're going to sleep at night," attorney Lisa Banks told CNN.
|
|
The news coverage has become just as routine: reporting, followed by the obligatory outrage, met with a tersely worded response by the company in question, usually deflecting most responsibility.
|
|
This last year, though, Crosby has vastly changed his approach to the powerplay, shooting more often, passing less, and most importantly deflecting a ton of pucks near the net.
|
|
Forward Hilary Knight put the Americans on the scoreboard first, deflecting a shot by her teammate Sidney Morin past Szabados with 25 seconds to play in the first period.
|
|
There's plenty to be said—and joked—about the second presidential debate, which saw Donald Trump standing awkwardly close behind Hillary Clinton, and Clinton deflecting attacks on her husband's past.
|
|
Two years later, she's continuing Estonia's push for global digital security while deflecting military and cyber threats from Russia, which occupied Estonia for 50 years until its liberation in 1991.
|
|
Ostensibly, full cessation of insurance benefits will be delayed to give the GOP time to devise "replacements" — the GOP is using the "replacement" language as a delaying and deflecting tactic.
|
|
Learning about the strength and density of such asteroids would help, Binzel said, if we ever needed to decide between deflecting or blowing up a similar asteroid headed toward Earth.
|
|
But in the West, hardcore conspiracy theorists tend to remain a fringe who are clearly deflecting their own fear of random chaos on to the grieving relatives of murder victims.
|
|
Deflecting questions about their boss's activities is by now standard operating procedure for people on Trump's payroll, but the more important question has nothing to do with shady individual gifts.
|
|
The name-calling and insults served the dual purpose of drawing attention to the core vulnerabilities of Trump's opponents, while also deflecting from whatever attack they were throwing his way.
|
|
His argument, deflecting away from himself as the bad guy, was that the Democrats would take Cruz to court if he was nominated and this would hurt the Republican Party.
|
|
With Jurgen Klopp deflecting attention away from the players with his absolute antics, they've won six of their last eight league matches and steadily climbed the table as a result.
|
|
Ottawa forward and ex-Sabre Tyler Ennis tied the game just 213:256 into the third period, deflecting a Ron Hainsey shot from the point to make it 23-23.
|
|
Ottawa forward and ex-Sabre Tyler Ennis tied the game just 226:01 into the third period, deflecting a Ron Hainsey shot from the point to make it 2-2.
|
|
Namestnikov made it 2-0 at 16:47, getting to the front of the net and deflecting Tyler Ennis' shot from the top of the right faceoff circle past Reimer.
|
|
The project instructs Siri developers to respond to such requests either by disengaging, deflecting, and informing because Apple wants its virtual helper to appear guarded and neutral, says the report.
|
|
She displayed seasoned instincts when cutting past defenders for a pass and, while still in motion, deflecting the ball with one hand to an open teammate waiting in the corner.
|
|
Intelligence agencies believe states will again face election attacks in 2018, making DHS' technical resources and intelligence capacity critical for local governments who would otherwise have trouble deflecting foreign powers.
|
|
Onassis and the Kennedy family, denying a divorce rumor involving Jacqueline and Aristotle Onassis here (they had married in 1968), deflecting inquiries about whom a Kennedy child was dating there.
|
|
Elizabeth Warren played Sanders wing woman, repeatedly attacking former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and thus deflecting attention away from Sanders, who had what is probably his worst debate yet.
|
|
President Trump has also taken aim at Obama, deflecting from scrutiny of his own administration amid the federal investigation into whether there was coordination between Trump campaign associates and Moscow.
|
|
Rather than confront and address political challenges, it provides a vehicle for people to feel better about themselves by deflecting their discursive energies away from the real matter at hand.
|
|
Neal scored the only goal of the second period, deflecting a pass from McDavid past Jones with a man advantage at 17:19, to give Edmonton a 4-1 advantage.
|
|
MacEwen then increased the lead to 4-0 at 17:23 with his first career goal, deflecting Jordie Benn's slap shot from the left point just inside the left post.
|
|
She has mastered a Brooklyn accent and a host of classic, vaudeville-style line readings, deftly presenting Fanny's comic flourishes as an arsenal of pre-emptive weapons, deflecting pain and ridicule.
|
|
Jenner scored his 403th goal of the season at 240:27 of the first period, deflecting a shot by defenseman Seth Jones from the right point into the top left corner.
|
|
Trump's proposed overhaul of the tax code would make things simpler, Conway said, deflecting a direct question about whether the net operating losses provision would be on the candidate's chopping block.
|
|
By contrast, she has also worked with fired CEOs who spend a lot of time deflecting blame, and spinning a story that their departure was the result of a mutual agreement.
|
|
Burrows then gave Ottawa a 5-4 lead just 56 seconds later, deflecting an Erik Karlsson blast from the right point past Fleury for what proved to be the game-winner.
|
|
Ward scored his second goal of the game and sixth of the playoff series at 3:01 of the third period by deflecting a Couture feed past Blues goalie Brian Elliott.
|
|
While the farm bill provisions and visa reform measures wouldn't lift the economic weight from farmers, they would go a long way toward deflecting the strong headwinds now buffeting rural America.
|
|
The downside is that this left-leaning image might well be deflecting over to the network big brother, NBC, where viewers are less likely to want such politically charged news content.
|
|
Robyn Eckersley, an expert on the politics of climate change at the University of Melbourne, said Mr. Morrison's statements fit the government's playbook of deflecting and dividing to preserve policy inaction.
|
|
Jost forged a 1-1 deadlock on a power play at 10:46 of the middle frame, deflecting in Barrie's wrist shot from the blue line — and then the tap opened.
|
|
The California senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking minority member on the committee, declared that the Republicans' goals were "undermining the F.B.I. and Special Counsel Mueller's investigation" and "deflecting attention" from it.
|
|
Sherwood gave Anaheim a brief lead when he completed a breakaway, his shot deflecting off the leg of the Devils' Stefan Noesen in front of the crease and into the net.
|
|
Beto O'Rourke believes we have a gun problem in the U.S. -- it's as simple as that -- and deflecting blame onto movies, video games and mental health is part of the crisis.
|
|
If there was collusion with Russia, and if Flynn played a key part in it, then deflecting the investigation away from him could have significant ripple effects on the larger inquiry.
|
|
"We have chatbots that are running live in production, and they are deflecting a lot of service cases," said Richard Socher, the chief scientist at Salesforce, a cloud-based software company.
|
|
Over on Twitter, meanwhile — Trump's go-to social media soapbox for skewering opponents and deflecting criticism, via his preferred medium of the early morning attack tweet — the president has ~65.6M followers.
|
|
It's rare we ever spot our favorite A-listers out and about without sunnies present: Besides deflecting paparazzi flashes, a stylish pair of shades adds a cool factor to any outfit.
|
|
He has proved adept at deflecting well-intentioned fact-checking, regardless of how often it has caught him in a contradiction, and rational counterarguments, which can bounce off him like rubber.
|
|
His mirror mask is about deflecting attention, but it's also a security blanket for a grown-up who's as terrified now as he was emerging from that fun house in 1985.
|
|
Dugas's embodiment of HIV shifted analysis to the realm of individual behaviour while deflecting attention from structural factors that affected transmission and health outcomes, such as poverty and access to healthcare.
|
|
Among the priorities outlined by the strategy are improving Near-Earth Object (NEO) detection, developing methods for deflecting asteroids, and developing interagency emergency procedures in the event of an NEO impact.
|
|
Additionally,in 2008, Ruth Bamford of the Science and Technology Facilities Council&aposs Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in England and her colleagues studied the possibility of deflecting radiation using a portable magnetic shield.
|
|
Brian Stavisky, Outfielder, University of Notre Dame, Pick 6.188: Nick really likes the spotlight and he shines in it, really enjoys the attention on him but deflecting it on other people, too.
|
|
"These are reasonable ideas — well thought out," he said of the HAMMER proposal, which seeks to design a feasible spacecraft capable of deflecting an asteroid, either by impact or by nuclear explosion.
|
|
"Even after being briefed by U.S. intelligence before the first debate on Russia's role in the hack, Trump has oddly chosen to coddle [Russian president Vladimir] Putin by deflecting blame," Caplin said.
|
|
Outcry over Luckey's support for the meme-generating, anti-Clinton group puts parent Facebook again in the uncomfortable situation of deflecting queries on the political actions of those close to senior management.
|
|
A quick-thinking adult fan seated next to the boy stuck his arm in front of the boy's face, deflecting the bat and preventing what would likely have been a serious injury.
|
|
As Trump was putting himself above the planet, Hillary Clinton was deflecting responsibility for her electoral loss, complaining about her party's deficiencies and other factors that she believes denied her the presidency.
|
|
In an attempt at deflecting what could be a dirty bomb at the core of the Trump campaign, Trump's campaign manager Kelleyanne Conway is now saying Page is no longer an adviser.
|
|
But the White House press office found itself deflecting questions about the FBI's investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, which also probes potential connections to the Trump campaign.
|
|
He expresses frustration about the Russia controversy that's overshadowed much of the first months his father's presidency, often blaming the media and Democrats in tweets for deflecting attention from the administration's accomplishments.
|
|
Ovechkin put the Capitals ahead 3-1 in the final minute of the middle frame as he got credit for deflecting the puck in after Oshie took a shot from close range.
|
|
Peele accepted the compliment with great humility, deflecting the credit to his cast and crew and describing his own contribution less as being a great director than as simply possessing great taste.
|
|
As early as 1827, the editors of Freedom's Journal, one of the country's first black newspapers, warned that all the deflecting and deferring could only sustain a terrible accommodation for so long.
|
|
Bell worried that the amount of media attention given to celebrity victims of the fire could end up deflecting attention, and resources, away from those who don't have the money to rebuild.
|
|
N.Y. Jets stud Buster Skrine says Michael Vick is without a doubt the hardest throwing QB he's ever faced ... telling TMZ Sports he almost broke his finger deflecting one of Vick's passes.
|
|
Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson got his stick on Johns' slap shot from the deep right circle, deflecting the puck enough to send it through Mrazek to make it a 4-2 contest.
|
|
There are a preponderance of stories that suggests that straight women spend a disproportionate amount of time deflecting and minimizing sexual harassment from straight men on dating apps, rather than establishing romantic connections.
|
|
Stamkos then put Tampa Bay back ahead to stay midway through the period with his 24th goal of the season, deflecting Point's spinning shot from the top of the slot past Fleury's glove.
|
|
If an asteroid is found to be on a collision course with Earth, NASA has come up with a number of wild ways of deflecting it, ranging from space lasers to nuclear missiles.
|
|
The roll would not have continued without Carey, 27, who made the biggest play for the Capitals, deflecting a Matt Niskanen pass past Cory Schneider with 5 minutes 53 seconds left in regulation.
|
|
The Daily Telegraph released a statement in response to the viral conversation, essentially deflecting all journalistic responsibility and alleging that the graphic had just been misunderstood by the majority of the entire Internet.
|
|
Trump's rise, and what it could portend for GOP politics and policies, suggests that Netanyahu's strategy for deflecting American pressure on the Israel-Palestine conflict may not be as foolproof as he'd hoped.
|
|
There are also missions in the works that aim to experiment with deflecting asteroids out of hazardous trajectories, or even capturing them in either Earth or lunar orbit to be studied and mined.
|
|
Though Clarke rallied "every law-abiding person," particularly black people, to condemn "black cultural dysfunction" in Milwaukee, he's deflecting from a common criticism of police violence: the myth of "black-on-black" crime.
|
|
The Trump team so far has been deflecting all inquiries about Russia to Marc Kasowitz, Trump's longtime attorney in New York, and so far only one outside group to preempt the Comey testimony.
|
|
Christian Dvorak doubled the Arizona lead a little over four minutes into the second period when he completed a dominating shift for the Coyotes by deftly deflecting a point shot into the net.
|
|
The Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., is pushing back against newly implemented sanctions against Moscow, calling them "draconian" and deflecting blame for the poisoning of an ex-spy that prompted the new penalties.
|
|
In the case of a matte finish, that clear coat contains many microscopic hills and valleys rather than a smooth waxlike surface, deflecting light in many directions and making the finish look dull.
|
|
Nic Petan then made it 3-1 for the hosts by deflecting a point shot past Coyotes netminder Antti Raanta at 14:28 of the first for his first goal of the season.
|
|
These particles are spit out from the Sun into space; when they arrive at Earth, though, they run into our very powerful magnetic field, which actually keeps us alive by deflecting solar radiation.
|
|
Mexico, who last won the biennial event in 2015, again responded quickly as Guardado scored in the 77th minute when his shot went in after deflecting off Davies' foot and then the post.
|
|
Trump has repeatedly accused the news media of looking to undermine his presidency, labeling journalists "the enemy of the people" countless times while deflecting blame for negative coverage on a peeved press corps.
|
|
If successful, the Sentinel space telescope will find more than half a million objects circling dangerously close to Earth, giving us time to plan a deflecting strategy should one pose a serious threat.
|
|
At mock hearings last week, according to a White House official, he practiced fielding specific questions about the accusations and deflecting broad inquiries about his social life, such as his general drinking habits.
|
|
As a talisman, it is easily exploited by political opportunists who exaggerate its vulnerability and propose outlandish schemes to protect it, while deflecting more sober deliberations about how best to advance U.S. interests.
|
|
In those chaotic moments, fingers immediately pointed to Mr. Beatty as the culprit; on Tuesday, he issued a statement deflecting questions and asking that Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the academy president, clarify what happened.
|
|
Krane, who earlier in his career was Google's global head of PR, is accustomed to deflecting reporters' questions and he was circumspect about some things, but he did let drop some interesting information.
|
|
"Players use their motion controllers to throw projectiles at their opponents from a distance, and in turn defend themselves by dodging, blocking or deflecting the incoming attacks," CCP Games said in a release.
|
|
Photo by Paola Kudacki, courtesy of RCA "I can hear Bach as soulful and Beethoven as soulful," Alicia Keys tells me, deflecting the question when I begin to ask her about R&B.
|
|
The Twins took a 2-1 lead in the third on RBI doubles by Jorge Polanco and Gonzalez, the latter deflecting off of Kevin Kiermaier's glove as he crashed into the fence in center.
|
|
You'll start with a small-time Twitter account and slowly build followers by feeding their appetite for fear and anger, while deflecting fact-checkers' criticism and muddling straightforward issues with minimally plausible conspiracy theories.
|
|
While Uber seems to be deflecting some of the responsible for limiting riders' choices in how much data they want to share, it seems like Android users are getting fewer options than iPhone owners.
|
|
Donald J. Trump plans to attack the character, honesty and authenticity of Hillary and Bill Clinton in the months ahead, in hopes of increasing their unpopularity among voters and deflecting attention from his vulnerabilities.
|
|
In that letter—and in a series of interviews that went live that evening—Zuckerberg was in full-on damage control mode, both deflecting blame and reassuring users that their personal information is safe.
|
|
This is the "halo," a T-shaped safety cage designed to protect the driver's head in crashes, to protect them by deflecting flying objects, like a wheel flung loose from a smash up ahead.
|
|
Winnipeg's Mathieu Perreault scored his second goal in as many games after deflecting defenseman Tyler Myers' shot from the point to forge a tie at 4 with 3:38 remaining in the third period.
|
|
As the front-runner, she sought to protect her lead and make a final case, needling her opponent strategically and deflecting potential damage (including questions on the Clinton Foundation and the revelations from WikiLeaks).
|
|
New York (CNN Business)President Trump's media allies and social media attack dogs are deflecting criticism of the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic by giving viewers and Twitterers other targets of ire.
|
|
If one were on a collision course with our planet, information about how big it is and what it's made of would be essential for deflecting it, or calculating the destruction if it hits.
|
|
John Kasich of Ohio, Mr. Trump's allies in the Capitol have generally held firm all year, almost always voting to support his agenda and deflecting questions about his erratic behavior and chaotic West Wing.
|
|
The finger-wagging and guilt-tripping that one would expect from a disappointed mother is the corporate Democrat's way to hush up valid concerns while deflecting to the devastating consequences of Trump's second term.
|
|
Sisi has sought to present himself as an indispensable bulwark against terrorism in the region, deflecting Western criticism that he has suppressed political opposition and human rights activists since he was elected in 2014.
|
|
Now, O'Rourke is deflecting the question, saying it is up to Congress, where he is no longer a member, and that the best course of action for Democrats is to defeat Trump in 2020.
|
|
She used the president as something of a "human shield" during the debates, Vox's Matt Yglesias noted, deflecting Sanders's criticism of her positions on campaign finance and health care by saying they aligned with Obama's.
|
|
Kadri roofed a wrist shot from the left circle at 216:252 for his fourth goal of the season, and Hyman notched No. 5003, deflecting a shot by Rielly, who recorded his 2500th career assist.
|
|
If I am exhausted from constantly deflecting unwanted comments, I can only imagine how depleted Meghan must be, since she must contend with columnists and ordinary people on Twitter dissecting and judging her every move.
|
|
Some political analysts also argue that much of the criticism may be a way of deflecting attention from Merkel's increasingly unpopular refugee policy and the poor showing of her Christian Democrats (CDU) in regional elections.
|
|
In that light, it's easier to see how some female Moore supporters so easily branded other women liars, casting doubt on the timing of the allegations and deflecting criticism to Jones' purported baby murdering instead.
|
|
" Another plaintiff says she tried deflecting a male coworker's advances by reminding him he's married, but he responded, "Well, you can't eat the same food all the time, you have to switch it up sometimes.
|
|
GENEVA (Reuters) - The chief Syrian government negotiator at peace talks in Geneva accused Israel on Monday of cooperating with Islamic State and al Qaeda militants in the Golan region, deflecting attention from intra-Syrian negotiations.
|
|
She dodged rumors that she arrived at the Vinyl premiere masking evidence of a baby bump, and cheekily countered reports that she was expecting by deflecting speculation toward another couple: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt.
|
|
In addition to deflecting further investigations of Trump — or perhaps in yet another attempt to do so — Senate Republicans are trying to shift the attention to other investigations of the 2016 campaign and ... Hillary Clinton.
|
|
Pruitt remained even-tempered and unapologetic throughout more than five hours of testimony, often avoiding being pinned down on specifics or deflecting responsibility for clear missteps onto his staff - a strategy that drew mixed reviews.
|
|
Writing for the Atlantic, Steve Inskeep posits that Ahmadinejad (whom he interviewed twice) isn't really interested in American sports or football as much as he is in deflecting criticism from Iran's terrible human rights record.
|
|
At that point, his condescension (" … maybe it's time you listened to me") and deflecting ("You're acting like a child") seem less like a character with human foibles than one with an emerging pattern of abuse.
|
|
Chiasson posted his 11th goal of the season and third in four games after deflecting defenseman Oscar Klefbom's shot from the point to open the scoring at the nine-minute mark of the first period.
|
|
Administration officials said the proposed rule, issued by Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, would meet the needs of women while deflecting legal challenges to the president's birth control policy.
|
|
Needless to say, after 19 minutes and 35 seconds, Real Madrid scored, Ronaldo's shot deflecting off Leonardo Bonucci, silencing the Italian fans and making Ronaldo the first player to score in three Champions League finals.
|
|
The long text went on to read that while the account does not condone the types of sadistic messages Charnas is receiving, it is "not down for deflecting the issue" and blaming it for internet trolls.
|
|
Rosneft ended up proposing a dividend payout worth 35 percent of their income for full-year 2015, successfully deflecting the 50 percent government requirement on the idea that production would suffer without enough reinvestment, Weafer explained.
|
|
But still, Obama's skills at deflecting these attacks led to the finest moments of the campaign, like his historic speech on race in the wake of revelations about his ties to the firebrand preacher Jeremiah Wright.
|
|
In her art practice, Helen Rebekah Garber extracts the images and representations tied to religion while deflecting established aesthetic structures, and her dismantling of the building blocks of ideology leads to a compellingly nonrepresentational visual lexicon.
|
|
Three years ago, he did a pretty great job of deflecting 2010 rumors that he was sleeping with his teammate LeBron James' mom, Gloria Marie James—even if it was a solid two years too late.
|
|
And yet they are either sitting on their hands or deflecting while the President of the United States openly admits to committing actions any one of which should elicit strong censure, if not something far worse.
|
|
But instead of tackling the fires it had created for itself, the company took to discrediting and deflecting in an effort to distance or absolve itself from the responsibility of the mess that it helped create.
|
|
Griezmann tried his luck with an effort from outside the box which was straight at Muslera, but the keeper's ill-chosen attempt to palm the ball away ended with him merely deflecting it into the net.
|
|
He came back to add the clincher at the 3:55 mark of the third period, deflecting a shot from the point by Alexander Steen past James Reimer, who had replaced Jones in the second period.
|
|
We got hizzoner Tuesday in the Silverlake area of L.A., and he tried deflecting our question about removing the star, talking instead about the need to blunt Trump's agenda by turning the House of Reps Democrat.
|
|
She also highlighted the deaths of 14 seniors in a nursing home during Hurricane Irma and accused Scott of deflecting blame for the Parkland shooting and the Florida International University bridge collapse that killed six people.
|
|
Toronto goalkeeper Alex Bono made several impressive saves, starting in the 27th minute, when he got a single hand to a sharp header from Club América midfielder Alex Ibarra, deflecting the ball wide of the net.
|
|
"We were out in passing lanes, deflecting the ball, and that gets you going as a team," said Cobb, who was the only one of the 10 Cincinnati players who scored to finish in double figures.
|
|
Wednesday's post could be viewed as a way of deflecting criticism of Sandberg and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and placing it on Schrage, who announced his exit from the company in June after more than a decade.
|
|
You have put-on provocateurs like Breitbart "tech editor" Milo Yiannopoulos, who coasted to mini-stardom online by preaching against P.C. culture, deflecting all criticism with his identity as an openly gay man who dresses like Macklemore.
|
|
The press conference was at points contentious, as some journalists pushed back against Trump's deflecting and the president-elect condemned the recent reporting of outlets such as BuzzFeed and CNN on Trump's alleged deep ties to Russia.
|
|
And in deflecting questions about his accomplishments as a public servant for two decades — he has served in local, state and federal office — he said his campaign was focused not on the past but on the future.
|
|
You are a propaganda arm of the Russian govt, running interference for their pet candidate, Trump When first caught, Brazile followed the same playbook, deflecting from the veracity of the emails and distracting with claims of persecution.
|
|
Flames rookie Hunter Shinkaruk, who made his team debut Monday night, used his first NHL goal to break the shutout at 13:47 by deflecting Mark Giordano's slap shot from the blue line on a power play.
|
|
By focusing mainly on trading partners, Donald Trump is deflecting the anger from where it should be aimed — at people like him who take far more than they need while stiffing the American working and middle classes.
|
|
Clinton took the high road, again and again: deflecting interruption after interruption, maintaining her momentum in the face of a man hovering over her, not responding when he called her "nasty" in front of millions of viewers.
|
|
Montreal's Brendan Gallagher — one of the lone bright spots amid a disappointing season — put the visitors on the board first by deflecting Jeff Petry's point shot past Bobrovsky for his career-high 25th goal of the season.
|
|
And the thing is, with every other major player in Washington desperate to get in front of a camera, this strategy works astoundingly well at deflecting attention and blame for things that are absolutely your own fault.
|
|
"The Special Rapporteur wasted the UN's time and resources, deflecting attention from the world's worst human rights abusers and focusing instead on the wealthiest and freest country in the world," she wrote in a letter to Sen.
|
|
The Bulls rotate on a string and fly all over the court, deflecting over three more balls per 48 minutes under Boylen than they did with Hoiberg—a leap from average to fourth-best in the league.
|
|
It's heartbreaking to say, but this past Sunday shows that brain-dead argument perpetrated by brain-dead hucksters and embraced by brain-dead people is serving its purpose, by deflecting attention away from the protest's original meaning.
|
|
He has a habit of deflecting tough questions and affecting an amused insouciance about his mistakes, which include fathering a child with a woman other than his wife (he and his wife, a lawyer, have four children).
|
|
She has called for the adoption of congestion pricing — long a contentious issue in Albany — and a millionaire's tax to help cover necessary repairs, criticizing Mr. Cuomo for deflecting blame for a system that the state controls.
|
|
The president's formula of deflecting blame for economic troubles is now being combined with other, more drastic measures — in particular, trying to suppress prices at fruit and vegetable markets as he attempts to maintain his party's support.
|
|
OPEC should not return to individual quotas and it should be more than a talking shop, the sources said, deflecting criticism of its refusal to intervene in the market two years ago when prices started falling sharply.
|
|
Woods struck all the right notes as skipper in creating unity on the team before, during and after the event, deflecting all the praise after they came from behind to beat the Internationals 16-14 on Sunday.
|
|
If saving the reputations of a few men and photojournalism's premier institutions comes at the cost of silencing women like Stephanie Sinclair under NDAs and deflecting responsibility, what does that say about our journalistic credibility and integrity?
|
|
Despite railing frequently against what he calls the "mafia of power," Lopez Obrador responds to even the most vicious political attacks by repeating what has become almost a mantra — "peace and love" — and by deflecting them with humor.
|
|
In other moves aimed at deflecting criticism, NAB Chief Executive Andrew Thorburn said the bank had decided in May to stop donating to political parties while ANZ also told the committee earlier it may change its donations policy.
|
|
Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said on Monday that its founder Julian Assange's internet was shut down by the government of Ecuador, deflecting blame from the U.S. or British governments which have sparred with Assange for releasing sensitive material.
|
|
In it, Grisham attempted to remind people of the philanthropic missions undertaken by Melania Trump, but its overarching message reminds us that the Trumps have a pattern of deflecting criticism against them and redirecting it toward the media.
|
|
Like the latest Bloomberg story, Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg has borne much of the criticism for overseeing the teams that implemented the PR strategy, which critics say was more focused on deflecting criticism rather than changing systemic issues.
|
|
Costa claimed his third goal of the tournament in the 54th minute at Kazan Arena but the striker hardly knew about it, the ball deflecting off his knee from an attempted clearance by hapless Iran defender Ramin Rezaeian.
|
|
The conflict really swerved to become about how Vanderpump manipulates everyone while deflecting any serious questions about her own behavior, which of course pulled in Davidson, who still feels (rightly!) that Vanderpump hasn't softened her edgy, cavalier attitude.
|
|
Pirri finally got Vegas on the board at the 1:03 mark of the third period with his eighth goal in 11 games this season, deflecting a Brayden McNabb shot from the left point over Brossoit's left shoulder.
|
|
The silver-haired former diplomat spent most of his working life deflecting media criticism as Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman on Chechnya and special envoy to Brussels, and earlier as the Kremlin's voice under the late Boris Yeltsin.
|
|
" The conversation resumed between the CNN panelists, and David Axelrod, a senior political commentator and former senior adviser to President Obama, called out Lewandowski for deflecting on the issue, to which Lewandowski again responded that Americans "don't care.
|
|
The ensuing debate over how to intercept the asteroid might be fierce, but the argument that the federal government had little or no proper role to play in destroying or deflecting it wouldn't get very far at all.
|
|
Ironically, Ryan Reaves, a fourth-line forward acquired by Vegas at the trade deadline, recorded the series clincher by deflecting a shot from the blue line past Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck at 13:21 of the second period.
|
|
"While no known asteroid larger than 140 meters in size has a significant chance of hitting Earth for the next 100 years, NASA and its partners are studying several different methodologies for deflecting a hazardous asteroid," he said.
|
|
But this sort of talk infuriates Mr. Trump's aides, and one senior White House official swiped back at Mr. Bliss, accusing him of attempting to lay the groundwork for deflecting blame for the loss of the House majority.
|
|
My conclusion is that C.E.O.s have performed an artful head fake with their high-sounding promises, deflecting public attention from the Roundtable's decades-long advocacy of measures to weaken regulations and reduce the already attenuated power of shareholders.
|
|
Even as Abe appears as the supplicant in the relationship with Trump, at home his position is strong and the media in lockstep with his use of North Korea as the perpetual bogeyman, deflecting his domestic political scandals.
|
|
Stop deflecting and distracting and treating those you represent as if they don't see what's going on, like they're not smart enough to realize that you are willfully ignoring the facts to protect a corrupt and dangerous president.
|
|
In deflecting an attack on his citizenship, Ted Cruz called Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe—who has legitimized inquiries into Cruz's Canadian birth—"a leftwing judicial activist law professor," a Hillary Clinton supporter, and Al Gore's recount lawyer.
|
|
DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - For all its economic success, Germany has a growing problem with inequality and poverty, and yet Chancellor Angela Merkel seems to be deflecting the blame so far as the battlelines are drawn for elections in September.
|
|
Though we understand Windsor may have been deflecting her lack of knowledge on the situation by trying to relate to Shaik and Hue, her ignorance is part of what stalls the industry's progress in terms of diversity and inclusivity.
|
|
He survived the latest controversy, this one over whether he'd given a subtle wink to white supremacists by deflecting questions about whether he'd disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.
|
|
He started the scoring at 16:14 of the first period by deflecting Matt Irwin's wrister, then made it 3-1 at 6:02 of the second with a tap-in tally off Smith's perfect setup to the goalmouth.
|
|
Waller-Bridge, meanwhile, plays a very real, very human, very damaged young woman called Fleabag, who is attempting to move on from a dark event in her past by deflecting anything approaching real emotion with sarcasm and snide jokes.
|
|
After a painfully dull station identification message and a cascade of stars, Gadot's Diana Prince leaps onto the screen, wielding her shield, diving into the Themysciran sea, riding horses, lassoing bad guys, and deflecting bullets with her wrist amor.
|
|
He started the comeback by deflecting a Zack Smith shot and completed his hat trick with a tip of a Kyle Smith shot 62 seconds from the buzzer with goaltender Craig Anderson on the bench for an extra attacker.
|
|
Southern conservatives then, as one historian put it, tried to simply "talk it to death," filibustering and deflecting by pointing to social ills in Northern and Western states, like gang murders and the deaths of miners in labor disputes.
|
|
This elaborate, expensive, supposedly data-driven analysis seeks to translate the subtleties of the classroom into PowerPoint slides packed with statistics — in the hope of deflecting the charge that students pay too much for degrees that mean too little.
|
|
The idea seems to be that Mary thinks that if she moves quickly enough, and keeps deflecting the attention from herself to the others, the suspicious men in her life won't be able to tell if she's using again.
|
|
Even before stepping off the ferry, Mr. Dinkins faced trouble on the first day of his week on Staten Island, deflecting talk of the borough's secession and publicly clashing with Guy V. Molinari, the borough president at the time.
|
|
" Mr. Boot argues that Mr. Trump's tweets on the transgender issue are a way of deflecting "attention from the multiple crises besetting his presidency" and an attempt "to try to stay in the good graces of the religious right.
|
|
In a league filled with billionaires and outsize personalities, Mr. Rooney was more interested in deflecting attention than receiving it, particularly when he turned into an elder statesman surrounded by owners who had made their money outside of football.
|
|
But Schmuhl — an even-keeled, attention-deflecting 36-year-old prone to telling staffers up and down the org chart that they have "the most critical" job on the campaign — has taken an unconventional path into presidential campaign management.
|
|
Michael Jackson's estate released a two-hour concert video on YouTube, Sunday, just as HBO premiered the first part of its explosive new documentary Leaving Neverland, prompting criticism that the late singer's family was deflecting from horrific allegations of sexual abuse.
|
|
While Sarah Huckabee Sanders stole the press secretary limelight—demonstrating baseline competence at deflecting for the president—Spicer was caught hiding from press among some bushes in the dark, only to be dragged out today in front of a firing squad.
|
|
Ivanka Trump is always worthy of a side-eye, whether she is defending or deflecting (just like her dad!) or greeting Mohammed Bin Salman (who reportedly ordered the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi) at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
|
|
Petry banked the puck off Bobrovsky and into the net to give Montreal a 2-1 lead at 8:36 of the second period, but Bjorkstrand answered 3:14 later after deflecting defenseman Seth Jones' shot from the point past Price.
|
|
BRUSSELS, July 5 (Reuters) - The European Union's trade agreement with Canada should be approved by all national parliaments, the European Commission said on Tuesday, a decision aimed at deflecting accusations that such deals are secretive and only benefit big companies.
|
|
A little more than three minutes later, after Giroux drew a holding penalty on Fedor Tyutin, Simmonds went to work again, deflecting a Shayne Gostisbehere point shot through Smith for his 27th goal and his 13th on the man advantage.
|
|
" During the second 2016 presidential debate, while deflecting a question about the Access Hollywood tape, in which he can be heard boasting of sexually assaulting women, Trump described "a world where you have ISIS chopping off heads" as "like medieval times.
|
|
Gourde, stationed in front of the net, tied it at 13:23 with his 22nd goal of the season and eighth in 11 games on the a power play, deflecting Nikita Kucherov's pass from the left circle through Johnson's pads.
|
|
Although VA has improved its level of transparency, as evidenced by the release of these reports (albeit nine months later), it can still improve its accountability by accepting responsibility for the problems outlined in them rather than making excuses and deflecting.
|
|
In Cyrus' impassioned caption, she raises a good point: It is ironic that all these women-to-women arguments (minus you, Piers Morgan) are happening on International Women's Day, completely deflecting the attention from an occasion specifically dedicated to empowering women.
|
|
But over the last year Kaczynski and his followers have moved with astonishing speed to alter this trajectory, in hopes of deflecting Poland from the orbit of Western Europe and returning it to a past defined by family, church and home.
|
|
There was Sterling K. Brown, nominated in the lead actor category for "This Is Us," in a Spanx-tight tuxedo with padded shoulders, a flat-front shirt, discreet studs (and indiscreet sunglasses) deflecting attention from his good looks in E!
|
|
It fits into his administration's pattern of xenophobia (referring to Mexicans as "rapists," and labeling some places "shithole countries"), which also fits into his pattern of deflecting blame — this time as criticism mounts against the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis.
|
|
Rocket League is plenty fun for us average chumps with wheels on the ground, but top pros have essentially unlocked another game within the game, spending ample time in the air deflecting laser shots and bouncing perfect passes to each other.
|
|
Now, the psychiatrist sitting with me would say: 'When you say that your personal history is not interesting, it means you probably think that your personal history is actually painful or difficult, and so this is a way of deflecting that.
|
|
The company became more proactive in deflecting criticism this week, with its chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, describing on Wednesday the steps Facebook would take to strengthen its ad system so that it could not be misused to target racists.
|
|
The first message to come from the president's Twitter account on the somber day was a quote from a Fox Business program deflecting attention away from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and instead toward the Justice Department and Hillary Clinton.
|
|
He's certainly perfect for a woman whose apparently abysmal self-esteem — she even calls a friend for help in deflecting the insults of her perpetually naked editor, Max — requires a degree of emotional abuse that James is happy to provide.
|
|
Long before this presidency, the briefing had devolved into a daily ritual where press corps poseurs paid to catch the White House in "gotcha" moments face down press secretaries paid to make no news by deflecting questions with bland media-speak.
|
|
Jerry Brown moved to bolster California's "rainy day" fund Wednesday when he unveiled the final budget proposal of his administration in Sacramento, asking the Legislature not to take the state's economic stability for granted, while also deflecting questions about his legacy.
|
|
Here's what went down ... the 3-time All-Star came in clutch in the 1st period of the game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday -- taking his teammate's shot right to his face and deflecting it into the net.
|
|
And, while Trump read from the Harris/Hitchens playbook on deflecting charges of Islamophobia by calling out the oppression of women in Islamic countries, Trump's campaign has been accused of discriminating against women and he has repeatedly made misogynistic comments for decades.
|
|
BOXED IN Back in the boxing ring, Smith uses his lead right-hand to parry his opponent's jab, deflecting it with an open glove like someone cooking a barbeque wards off an incoming insect, before unleashing a flurry of good-natured body shots.
|
|
Ferland finally solved Stalock with 63 seconds left in the middle period, blasting a rising shot from the blue line that found its way through a crowd, deflecting off Minnesota defenseman Jonas Brodin and beating the goalie high on the glove side.
|
|
The Penguins kept the pressure on, and this time a Letang pass from deep in his zone began a 2-on-1 break, with 39-year-old center Matt Cullen's pass from the left circle deflecting off rookie Kuhnhackl and past Holtby.
|
|
The agitation propaganda machine is important to understand because it is a window into a deeply-entrenched network that exaggerates "anti-Muslim hate" in America, deflecting attention from the real enemy: the extremist Islamic ideology killing so many around the world, including Muslims.
|
|
After Mike Hoffman's power-play goal for Florida with seven minutes remaining in the second period made it a 5-2 game, Miller notched his second of the night by deflecting Edler's point shot with 28.9 seconds left in the middle frame.
|
|
It's possible that the ambivalence he expresses about tennis really is his way of deflecting pressure, or that he does it just to get a rise out of people; he's only 21, and his game has matured much faster than he has.
|
|
On Monday, instead of gathering with President Obama and other world leaders in New York at the United Nations, Ms. Merkel stayed home to shore up her political standing a year before general elections, deflecting questions about whether she would even run again.
|
|
Lastly, a mystery man became something of a hero in Seattle, as people tried to imagine why he was holed up at the top of a sequoia in downtown and deflecting police encouragement to descend for more than 24 hours before coming down.
|
|
Although Kirby is deflecting credit for the measure, UGA is obviously over the moon with this new three month window to operate in secret and buy time to build a case and cover up their tracks should shit ever hit the fan.
|
|
These calls for civility in the face of discriminatory or hateful speech can be classified as tone policing, a means of deflecting attention from injustice by shifting focus from an original complaint to the style and words used to make the complaint.
|
|
Bethel White granite covers east and west facades, to protect the glass core; the north and south sides are fully glazed, although the latter, where the sun is most intense, features built-in shades that reduce heat within the building by deflecting sunlight.
|
|
McGahn had the thankless job of deflecting Trump's worst impulses, including halfheartedly making the case to Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation in March 2017 or threatening to resign rather than fire Mueller in June 2017.
|
|
He got through the hearings battered but intact, after deflecting blame for numerous issues onto his staff, particularly his chief of staff, Mr. Jackson, whom he blamed for making controversial decisions such as the illegal purchase of the $43,000 secure telephone booth.
|
|
The bullet came from a four-story apartment building across the street that houses people with mental health problems, Mayor R. Rex Parris said at the time, adding that a bulletproof vest saved Reinosa's life by deflecting the bullet into his shoulder.
|
|
Even by Bengali standards, Mr. Seth, the author of the self-help book "Get to the Top," is skilled at drowning out other speakers, deflecting all contenders with sonorous repetitions of "one minute, one minute, one minute" until they retreat into dejected silence.
|
|
Democrats face the challenge of deflecting those barbs as they fight to keep the House majority, even as polls indicate that voter sentiment has shifted little on the topic in the weeks of public hearings and the markup of impeachment articles. Rep.
|
|
He knew what the Man in Black was capable of, and he was aware of the power he wielded, but he also knew what made him tick, deftly deflecting his inquiries about the maze when they chatted over whiskey back in the first season.
|
|
Compiled by San Diego State University and now in its 18th year, "The Celluloid Ceiling" report comes a month after the Directors Guild of America, deflecting the A.C.L.U.'s claim that the organization did not sufficiently back women directors, released its own similarly bleak figures.
|
|
READ: How asteroid can help us reach Mars In a press release announcing the office, the agency said its "long-term planetary defense goals include developing technology and techniques for deflecting or redirecting objects that are determined to be on an impact course with Earth."
|
|
A superior warrior raised and trained on a utopian island of battle-ready women, Wonder Woman's guiding philosophy is inflected by traditionally feminine qualities, like justice, compassion, and love; her superpowers are buoyed by weapons which include bullet-deflecting bracelets and a Lasso of Truth.
|
|
But this constant fluffing of the NFL at the expense of the players, deflecting blame from the league's (many, countless) ineptitudes, then writing a goddamned open letter to the players telling them they demean themselves—who are you serving in doing all this, Peter?
|
|
The human skull is good at deflecting and absorbing energy, which is a problem for focused ultrasound, which relies on using an energy beam to hit millimeter-size brain targets, like the thalamus, a tiny part of the brain that controls some involuntary movements.
|
|
The Sharks' tenacity was rewarded when Braun's slap shot from along the boards just above the right-wing circle made its way through traffic — deflecting at least once during its path to the net — and beat Murray inside the near post on his glove side.
|
|
But it also seemed to respond to fears, stoked by the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, that foreign-bred terrorism is the singular threat — thereby deflecting public attention from the far larger problem of domestic gun violence made possible by easy access to lethal weapons.
|
|
Terry was partially culpable for Sunderland's second goal – deflecting Fabio Borini's shot past Thibaut Courtois and into the back of the net – before he received two yellow cards in quick succession for a raking tackle on Jermaine Defoe and a wild chop on Wahbi Khazri.
|
|
Trust President Trump, following his familiar tactic of deflecting attention from yet another scandal by issuing some outrageous tweet, to come down hard on the wrong side of an issue he knows nothing about, based on no more than a slanted Fox News program.
|
|
Trump set about "shredding his critics, relitigating the election, bragging about his crowds, crowing about his accomplishments and denying, deflecting and obfuscating a series of mushrooming bad stories that have dogged his presidency and depressed his approval ratings," POLITICO's Josh Dawsey and Alex Isenstadt report.
|
|
To the extent that Trump is capable of attending to the North Korea challenge, he will be primarily and perhaps exclusively concerned with deflecting attention from domestic political turmoil rather than reaching a good agreement, tending to Washington's struggling alliances, or adapting to the expanding missile threat.
|
|
"The paleontologists who described the new dinosaur suggest that the spines may have been used for defense, but it's hard for me to imagine that such thin, delicate, gaudy structures would have been much use in deflecting the bite of a big meat-eating dinosaur," said Brusatte.
|
|
The FRA's misguided and disjointed regulatory policy not only risks hindering further development of innovative technologies that can deliver greater safety, but it could also create a less-safe operating environment by deflecting scarce resources from known safety-enhancing uses like track maintenance to unproven uses.
|
|
He pointed to reforms like diagnostic testing and home nurse visits, deflecting accusations that the state alone is responsible for lead that leached into residents' pipes when Flint switched its water supply from Detroit to the Flint River in April 2014 in a cost-cutting move.
|
|
But the question presents itself, as it does when someone like Harry Styles uses silence as a marketing tactic: is keeping the veil down a form of privacy or commentary, or is it a way of deflecting the fact that there's nothing much there to begin with?
|
|
The episode featured all the usual set pieces for Trump's now-frequent censures of Obama: deflecting blame from questions about his own actions, boasts about the superiority of his response and a misleading or outright false claim about the man who held the job before him.
|
|
As the corner kick entered the box, Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga dove to make the save, but instead was struck directly in the face by the ball after it hit off the post, deflecting it into the net for Chelsea's second own goal of the night.
|
|
Her spot-on version of Judi Dench is a perverse delight; turns out Ms. Ullman's fictional version of the great actress has a penchant for shoplifting, vandalizing hotel bathrooms and sneaking into movies, deflecting suspicion when she is caught by invoking her status as a beloved institution.
|
|
This past Monday, one week after the caucuses, on a conference call with Perez, Democratic state party chairs across the country let out a torrent of concerns about the implications of the DNC chair deflecting blame on one of his own state chairs, according to two participants.
|
|
"My being here is indicative that I think that this race matters," Mr. Cruz told reporters before the rally as he stood with Mr. Estes and Rob Engstrom, political director for the Chamber of Commerce, barely deflecting a question about whether Republicans were worried about the race.
|
|
Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced the program, saying that "cyberwarfare, directed energy and electronic attack," a reference to such things as malware, lasers and signal jamming, were all becoming important new adjuncts to the traditional ways of deflecting enemy strikes.
|
|
Johnson then joined the fun, first by tying the contest before the first intermission by deflecting a point shot, and then scoring quickly after the break by batting home a second rebound chance while he was falling down to give the hosts a 3-2 edge.
|
|
Republican representatives can calm their conscience by sublimating their personal disapproval of Trump and deflecting toward fear of "the other" -- pointing to perceived extremes on the left, increasingly strident voices that embrace aspects of socialism and despise them for personal characteristics -- like being white, male or wealthy.
|
|
President Trump said on Friday that it was "very early" to be talking about lifting sanctions on Russia, deflecting a question about whether he would raise the issue with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin on Saturday morning even as his British counterpart flatly rejected such a move.
|
|
The Coyotes got off their usual good start — they've scored the opening goal in 13 of 19 games — as Rinaldo was credited with his second of the season by deflecting Alex Goligoski's shot past Mason at 14:33 of the first following a four-shot flurry.
|
|
"I pledge to be independent in my decision making and frankly no one tells me what to do," Shelton said, deflecting questions about her past writings that, for example, characterized the Fed's setting of a short-term interest rate as similar to Soviet Union central planning.
|
|
WASHINGTON — Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, told Congress on Wednesday that he could speed the approval of new drugs without compromising safety or increasing risks, deflecting questions about his past writings, drug-company investments and Mr. Trump's controversial positions.
|
|
Whether or not a supervolcano has driven humans to the brink of extinction before, such massive volcanic eruptions — which release toxic gases and cool the planet by filling the upper atmosphere with sunlight-deflecting compounds — are suspected to have triggered several other mass extinctions in the fossil record.
|
|
President Trump said in an interview airing Wednesday that he holds Russian President Vladimir Putin personally responsible for the Kremlin&aposs attempts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election, as the president and White House tried deflecting backlash over the world leaders&apos summit for a third day.
|
|
"People do get the impression that The Fall will just, like, attack, verbally or physically, anybody from the establishment," he said to the NME in 1981, neatly deflecting the fact that his ornery persona, scathing lyrics, and confrontational music gave people plenty of reason to hold that impression.
|
|
It is possible, of course, that few states will seek a community rating waiver, in which case its existence would prove to be largely symbolic: Republicans could claim a victory for states' rights, while also deflecting conservative donor-class ire away from Congress and toward those very states.
|
|
Ilhan OmarIlhan OmarScaramucci calls on GOP to save country from Trump 'depredations' The Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation MORE (D-Minn.) while deflecting blame away from his supporters who chanted "send her back" at a Wednesday night rally.
|
|
The secretary of education went before the House Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday morning to talk about the budget for the 2019 fiscal year, but she ended up deflecting many questions by referring the committee to other parties, including Congress, President Trump, and other Department representatives in the room.
|
|
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders clashed with reporters on Thursday when they confronted her on the Trump administration's policy of separating families who illegally cross the border into the U.S. Sanders fielded several questions on the issue during Thursday's press briefing, repeatedly deflecting blame onto Democrats.
|
|
Shi Yinhong, a professor of international relations at Renmin University in Beijing, said that Chinese leaders had been so successful over the years in deflecting criticism of the country's trade practices in the United States that they may have been slow to realize the gravity of the confrontation brewing.
|
|
And she handled those questions with aplomb, delivering endlessly quotable testimony that made it very clear that Mueller, and Mueller alone, was responsible for making the choice to assault her, and which doubles as a guidebook to deflecting the sort of shaming tactics that are used to discredit women.
|
|
In the Fox interview, Mr. Trump described a raid in Yemen that left an American commando and a number of civilians dead as something that generals "wanted to do" and that was planned before he took office, drawing charges that he was deflecting responsibility for a mission he approved.
|
|
The engineering solution was two-fold: Air is funneled through slots near the camera in the car's rooftop "tiara" — the funny-looking structure that houses an AV's cameras and lidar systems — deflecting bugs "like changing the course of an asteroid on a crash-course with Earth," says Krishnan.
|
|
Just as former President Clinton largely turned the tables on his accusers in the 1990s, Trump can show his populist base how persecuted he is by the "deep state," deflecting attention away from slowing wage growth and a sputtering economy that he has brought about with his tariff war.
|
|
My son's Guyanese-Canadian teacher and the Muslim Milton scholar I went to high school with and the Sikh writer I squabble about Harold Innis with and my Ishmaeli accountant, we can all be good little Torontonians of the middle class, deflecting the differences we have been trained to respect.
|
|
So, Phil's deflecting, a smart strategy that wouldn't mean a whole bunch were it not for the simmering talk that Phil already deployed a different media member—longtime friend Charley Rosen—to pen something of a hit piece about Anthony for mostly the same reasons that Ding wrote about today.
|
|
Russia sanctions on ice The Kremlin has been deflecting accusations from the West since the Douma strike, and has fired back several of its own at the United States and the UK. Russian officials accused UK intelligence services of helping stage the suspected chemical attack, which the UK has strongly denied.
|
|
It's hard to look like a heroic truth teller by comparison, but Anonymous tries very hard, presenting anonymity as not just convenient but an ultimately selfless act, designed to force everyone to pay more attention to what this book says by deflecting attention away from the person who's saying it.
|
|
In October 2016, WikiLeaks released emails stolen from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, deflecting attention away from a damning video showing Trump making sexually abusive comments; in response, "an associate of [a] high-ranking Trump Campaign official sent a text message to STONE that read 'well done,'" the indictment says.
|
|
This time, the German and the Dutch central bankers are on a special mission, where attacks on the ECB, and its excellent President Mario Draghi, are pretexts for deflecting pressures that those two economies — accounting for more than a third of the euro area GDP — should be stimulating their domestic demand.
|
|
Why it matters: Lawmakers have been grappling with conflicting information from the CIA and the administration regarding the murder, with the CIA's assessment placing blame on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), and the administration deflecting such blame in an effort to preserve what they see as a crucially important partnership.
|
|
She summarized her understanding of the witch trials to Vox like this: I argue in my book that the judges at the trials, who were also the military leaders of the colony, used the search for "witches" as a means of deflecting their own responsibility for the disasters then afflicting the colony.
|
|
NASA is developing a strategy for deflecting Bennu, or any other asteroid found to be on a collision course with Earth, by use of a special spacecraft to slam into the object hard enough to nudge it onto a safer path, said Lindley Johnson, a planetary defense officer with NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
|
|
In her comedy she maintains her position by continually acknowledging and deflecting her perceived physical deficiencies, most notably with the masterful "12 Angry Men" parody from "Inside Amy Schumer" (in which the jurors argue over whether they'd have sex with her or not) and her late-night couch banter about winter weight gain.
|
|
"I can't finish sentences; I go all over the place," Ms. Krall said, which is true, to the extent that in her enthusiasm about any given subject — movies, photography and family are consuming interests — she seems eager to leave nothing and no one out, deflecting any praise directed toward her in the process.
|
|
Miller opened the scoring when he capped off an excellent shift by the hosts by deflecting Horvat's long shot at the 26:216 mark of the first period, but Connor Murphy tied the game when he one-timed a loose puck from the right face-off dot exactly 230 minutes into the clash.
|
|
She summarized her understanding of the witch trials to Vox like this: I argue in my book that the judges at the trials, who were also the military leaders of the colony, used the search for "witches" as a means of deflecting their own responsibility for the disasters then afflicting the colony.
|
|
Why it matters: In addition to deflecting blame for its own well-documented meddling in American politics, the Kremlin has an interest in making support for Ukraine a more polarizing, partisan issue in the U.S. American military assistance is critical to Ukraine's efforts to defend itself against Russian aggression and territorial incursion.
|
|
"The blog by Archibong follows a separate limp response to the Times report shared on Facebook's blog yesterday in which Director of Developer Platforms and Programs Konstantinos Papamiltiadis attempted to downplay brand partnerships by deflecting blame and writing that "people had to explicitly sign in to Facebook first to use a partner's messaging feature.
|
|
The feedback from all who step into both 'Volley'—a tennis-like game played using a circular net—and 'Brawl'—a Tron-recalling game in which two players throw points-scoring discs at one another while deflecting incoming ones from their rival with a gradually depleting energy shield—is unanimous: people are wild for this.
|
|
It took like six seconds for Boston's front office to get cold feet on what is maybe not the best move in the universe—or at least one that invites criticism—and start deflecting blame away from themselves and onto manufactured concerns about the universally well-regarded player's winning spirit or whatever the hell.
|
|
Time freezes while you pull back the string and take aim, and then you're briefly back in familiar Arkanoid territory, as your shot bounces around the screen for a while—even if you keep it in play, it'll eventually disappear, as the countdown begins again and you focus once more on deflecting incoming attacks.
|
|
Trump is a master of deflecting, obscuring and hiding the truth about his actions, and he gets Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinPutin says he doesn't share 'excitement' about Greta Thunberg's UN speech The Hill's 85033:30 Report: Trump lashes out over impeachment inquiry Putin jokes about Russia meddling in 2020 election: 'Don't tell anyone' MORE's help.
|
|
This approach would be riskier than deflecting an asteroid, but requires much less lead time—a spacecraft launched 15 days before the projected impact could reach and destroy the asteroid at a the target distance (assuming that the spacecraft had already been prepared for spaceflight before this window, a process that normally takes years).
|
|
And while the tone, tenor, and endgame of their politics are vastly different — one pushes tax legislation, the other Trump propaganda and stories about Clinton-adjacent pizza parlor child sex dungeons — they both know how to captivate and play to their audiences, leveraging the power of their followings, deflecting criticism, and staying on the offensive at all costs.
|
|
And while the tone, tenor, and endgame of their politics are vastly different — one pushes tax legislation, the other Trump propaganda and stories about Clinton-adjacent pizza parlor child sex dungeons — they both know how to captivate and play to their audiences, leveraging the power of their followings, deflecting criticism, and staying on the offensive at all costs.
|
|
He carefully toed the president's line on Russia's attack on the 2016 election and its hack of the Clinton campaign's email—accepting that Russia attacked the election, but deflecting by saying that it didn't affect the election's outcome—twisting the intelligence community's actual conclusion that the attack didn't result in Russians changing votes by hacking election machinery.
|
|
McConnell also chided Trump, albeit tacitly, for lambasting a federal judge who ruled against his executive order temporarily banning visitors from Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Libya and Syria from entering the U.S. The majority leader is adept at deflecting questions and sticking to his talking points when it comes to possible differences with the president.
|
|
By the last episode, you can decide whether to fight your many battles by grabbing and throwing enemies with the Force, countering their blows with a lightsaber, or using some of the game's less common mechanics — like deflecting a stormtrooper's fire and sending them toppling off a ledge, then Force-pulling their abandoned blaster into your hand.
|
|
They rally those among his supporters who despise the media for its perceived liberal bias; they erode the credibility of the media itself, undermining demands for accountability; and they serve as the ultimate distraction, in the most recent example deflecting public attention from reports that Trump administration officials are impeding the investigation into their ties to Russia.
|
|
Christopher CoonsChristopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsThe United States broken patent system is getting worse Biden faces scrutiny for his age from other Democrats Democrats press FBI for details on Kavanaugh investigation MORE (D-Del.) on Friday accused President Trump of attacking MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski as a way of deflecting from negative coverage of the Senate healthcare bill.
|
|
Boeing had a history of deflecting blame on to dead pilots, even back in the pre-Stonecipher era, when a malfunctioning rudder on an earlier generation of 737s caused a string of crashes and near-misses in the 7373s, while Boeing and its surrogates promulgated a range of alternative theories about pilots inexplicably (or intentionally) jamming the controls.
|
|
Which is most certainly true but once again you're playing down the level of political and societal concern about how your platform operates (and how you operate your platform) — deflecting and reframing what Facebook is to cast your ad business a form of quasi philanthropy; a comfortable discussion topic and self-serving idea you'd much prefer we were all sold on.
|
|
" -- "Democratic leaders have edged toward the brink of open war with one another in recent days," Michael Scherer and Sean Sullivan report: "Advisers to the two men most responsible for overseeing the disastrous Iowa caucuses, national chairman Tom Perez and Iowa chairman Troy Price, have been privately deflecting blame onto each other, as the relationship between the two has become tense, advisers say.
|
|
But Pelosi, who like Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanPaul Ryan moving family to Washington Embattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway MORE (R-Wis.) is a devout Catholic, said she's hopeful that Pope Francis and other church leaders will fix the problems from within, deflecting the notion that Congress should play any kind of oversight role.
|
|
The challenge is coming up with a mechanism for dealing with questions that might arise from Mr. Trump's business interests rather than relying on the good faith of the parties involved or deflecting the issue with claims that any criticism is only political, especially in foreign countries in which the president-elect has investments, as The New York Times points out.
|
|
In "All Systems Red," Murderbot's hiding the fact that it's hacked its governor module and is a free agent, deflecting attention by serving the team of scientists that has engaged its services as if it were just another SecUnit — but when the team is attacked, Murderbot's autonomy is the only thing protecting its humans from hostile takeover by a corporation called GrayCris.
|
|
Heads I win, tails you lose The President's heads I win, tails you lose strategy in which he is simultaneously claiming credit and deflecting blame is one that only a politician like Trump, who is content living in conflicting realities and thinks nothing of denying something he has been caught on tape saying out loud, could attempt with a straight face.
|
|
Just this week, Trump pushed out the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenTop immigration aide experienced 'jolt of electricity to my soul' when Trump announced campaign Trump casts uncertainty over top intelligence role Juan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America MORE, over frustrations that she wasn't aggressive enough in deflecting the waves of migrants arriving at the southwest border.
|
|
Although the film never spells out the precise circumstances of Autumn's pregnancy, it does portray in queasy detail the aggressions — micro and macro — that Skylar is forced to endure on a daily basis, from being creeped on by a customer and assaulted by her manager to deflecting the flirtatious banter of an eager young man (flawlessly played by Théodore Pellerin) on the bus to New York.
|
|
It is difficult to reason with the enraged, but I think it necessary to analyze these arguments, rather than giving them credence by recirculating them, as the press does; smugly deflecting them, as museum personnel is trained to do; or remaining silent about them, as many black arts professionals continue to do in order to avoid ruffling feathers or sullying themselves with cultural nationalist politics.
|
|
Democrats are broadly expected to vote present on the legislation as a way of deflecting a political attack from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi, Schumer press for gun screenings as Trump inches away The malware election: Returning to paper ballots only way to prevent hacking First House Republican backs bill banning assault weapons MORE (R-Ky.), who scheduled the vote to put the minority in a difficult position.
|
|
Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, business leaders such as Stephen Schwarzman and Carl Icahn, and a raft of White House advisers, including the bulk of the National Security Council, cannot fail to see the chaos, the incompetence, and the potential illegality in their midst, and yet they go on supporting, excusing, and deflecting attention from the President's behavior in order to protect their own ambitions and fortunes.
|
|
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson blasted President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE for deflecting blame from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the death of American Otto Warmbier.
|
|
Here, with regard to the nursing home reports, if Wilkie had responded to the release by acknowledging that preventable problems were found, and outlined tangible steps VA would take toward improving those problems, rather than deflecting through a non-applicable comparison, he would have succeeded in not only taking personal responsibility for the problem, but also in taking a much-needed step toward improving VA culture, department-wide.
|
|
Any interest in Hicks was quickly eclipsed by her peers in the campaign and White House staff: Kellyanne spinning out on cable news, Sean Spicer flubbing during White House briefings, Steve Bannon schlubbing around in the shadows, Omarosa attempting to stage her wedding photos on White House grounds, Melania's hand swats becoming the germ of liberal fantasy, Ivanka deflecting the ugliness of her father's actions with Instagrams of her kids, Don Jr. retweeting conspiracy theories.
|
|
From there, he covers his ass legally by implying a level of consent from his victims by claiming he, "never showed a woman my dick without asking first," then he fails to apologize to his victims even once but has enough time to reference how "admired" and "looked up to" he was â€" four times â€" as a weird way of deflecting blame to his celebrity or, to an extent, his victims.
|
|
For a free and competitive market that will actually help America's patients, what we really need is to restore fairness to the patent system in the U.S. It may be convenient to blame foreign countries or insurance companies or any number of culprits for our high drug prices, but until we look at the heart of the problem and stop deflecting, patients in the U.S. and around the world will continue to lack treatments they can access and afford.
|
|
McConnell also quickly endorsed Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE and then refused to talk about him any more, thereby keeping his focus on his candidates and deflecting the bright glare of the nominee from the rest of his caucus. 6.
|
|
This plays right into the hands of two groups: First those who have been critical of the tax cuts in general, arguing the money is used for buybacks and dividends that only enrich shareholders, and, second, those who dislike the whole trend toward what is called financial engineering — using money to make earnings and earnings growth look better through essentially an accounting trick of reducing share count — rather than actually growing revenues, and deflecting money from investing in capital expenditures to grow the business.
|
|
But we also see Diana battle in World War I, "the war to end all wars" according to Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), which means that even though she's reluctant to fight and bring men to war, there's a humanity she believes is worth saving Spliced in with these moments of moral conflict are, of course, some slow-motion, jaw-dropping action scenes featuring Amazons, bullet-deflecting bracelets, and, yes, that epic, glowing golden Lasso of Truth — Wonder Woman's signature weapon — in an entirely new scene.
|
|