31.   It was a way to deflect criticism that they had not looked like winners in spite of their winning record.

32.   JFK deflected criticism of the family fortune by saying a telegram from his father warned him that he could not afford a landslide win.

33.   Kerry also used a bit of Massachusetts humor to deflect criticism of Lake.

34.   Kerry deflected such criticism in a recent interview.

35.   McCain added, referring to a phrase Gore used to deflect criticism of his fund raising.

36.   Microsoft CEO Bill Gates used humor Sunday to deflect criticism of his company at the Comdex computer industry convention.

37.   Neier said he feared that the Minsk government was continuing the talks mainly to deflect criticism at the meeting of its crackdown on independent political voices in Belarus.

38.   On top that, his sometimes testy, often condescending attitude with the media will not do anything to deflect criticism.

39.   Party organizers tried to deflect criticism by opening most of the events to news coverage, even if they stopped short of releasing full lists of donors.

40.   Secondly, it helps deflect criticism of the war in Europe, criticism which has focused on the harm to civilians.