21.   But officials said the appearance by Ridge alone to announce the alert was not a move to deflect attention from Ashcroft.

22.   But Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., bristled at the suggestion he is trying to deflect attention from any Democratic misdeeds.

23.   But Sunday the right-hander deflected the attention he was getting toward Spoljaric, whose locker is directly across the clubhouse.

24.   But the largely untested Democratic candidates for governor should be helped now that the wide-open Senate race will deflect attention from their race, he said.

25.   By focusing attention on tone, it has deflected attention from content.

26.   Camby deflected attention from the award when he was asked about the honor at a Massachusetts news conference this afternoon.

27.   Clinton and his national security team seemed at pains Thursday to demonstrate that he had not unleashed U.S. power to deflect attention from the Lewinsky case.

28.   Cowboys coach Barry Switzer tried to deflect attention from the two fourth-quarter interceptions thrown by Troy Aikman.

29.   For decades they have used the Palestinian cause to buttress their own legitimacy or to deflect attention from their own failures.

30.   For their part, Republicans on Wednesday tried to deflect attention from the education measure.