1.   But in an attempt to deflect charges of partisanship, Hyde allowed members to speak on and on at the debate.

2.   But in an attempt to deflect charges of partisanship, Hyde allowed members to speak on and on during the debate.

3.   For his part, Bradford tried to deflect charges of indiscriminate firing by government agents by describing the chaotic conditions during the raid.

4.   He deflects that charge the same way he deflected fears from ABC news staff members at a recent cocktail party held by Roone Arledge, head of ABC news.

5.   Pataki made a substantial shift in tone, if not in substance, on welfare, perhaps seeking to deflect charges of meanness from advocates for the poor.

6.   She deflects the charges matter-of-factly.

7.   That decision suggested to some observers that Gingrich is trying to deflect charges of wrongdoing onto his lawyer.

8.   The resignations come as the Clinton administration struggles to deflect charges that it improperly accepted campaign donations from foreign nationals.

9.   Bitterly attacked by conservative lawmakers, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer deflected renewed charges Wednesday that his militant past makes him unfit for office.

10.   She moved into her Chappaqua home this week to deflect carpetbagging charges.